[Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW. The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah), causing just enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw. It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my Begali outboard key. Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time). Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB Joseph Sanger, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Radiology Informatics (212) 263-3434 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW (I normally send at about 25-30 WPM; I now cannot send more than about 12 WPM). The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah) and extra dits/dahs seem to occur beyond when I stop pressing the paddle, causing enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw. It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my Begali outboard key. Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time). I don't take advantage of iambic modes (although the mode selected is 'A'). Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. I should add that I just updated the unit to the latest firmware: MCU 1.12 / DSP 0.94, but the problem's relation to this may or may not be significant. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB Joseph Sanger, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Radiology Informatics (212) 263-3434 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
Joe, Then why not revert to previous firmware and compare? I should add that I just updated the unit to the latest firmware: MCU 1.12 / DSP 0.94, but the problem's relation to this may or may not be significant. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
Well, I just figured out the 'problem' with the delayed response of keying the KX3 rig I'm LOL'ing. I have been playing with a Bluetooth transmitter / headphone on the device ... the audio sounds GREAT and it's really a pleasure not to be tethered to the unit but ... Well, I guess you can figure out the rest. There is a slight delay in the arrival of the keyed tones to the headphone relative to my pressing the key ... destroying my ability to produce readable code. I am a bit red-faced ... but appreciative of those who offered help. :-/ Joe - WB2SSB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sanger, Joseph Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:13 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW (I normally send at about 25-30 WPM; I now cannot send more than about 12 WPM). The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah) and extra dits/dahs seem to occur beyond when I stop pressing the paddle, causing enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw. It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my Begali outboard key. Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time). I don't take advantage of iambic modes (although the mode selected is 'A'). Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. I should add that I just updated the unit to the latest firmware: MCU 1.12 / DSP 0.94, but the problem's relation to this may or may not be significant. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB Joseph Sanger, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Radiology Informatics (212) 263-3434 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
Glad you shared. I had been thinking about using a bluetooth headphones, but I will avoid them now. Ken KE3C On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Sanger, Joseph joseph.san...@nyumc.orgwrote: Well, I just figured out the 'problem' with the delayed response of keying the KX3 rig I'm LOL'ing. I have been playing with a Bluetooth transmitter / headphone on the device ... the audio sounds GREAT and it's really a pleasure not to be tethered to the unit but ... Well, I guess you can figure out the rest. There is a slight delay in the arrival of the keyed tones to the headphone relative to my pressing the key ... destroying my ability to produce readable code. I am a bit red-faced ... but appreciative of those who offered help. :-/ Joe - WB2SSB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sanger, Joseph Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:13 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW (I normally send at about 25-30 WPM; I now cannot send more than about 12 WPM). The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah) and extra dits/dahs seem to occur beyond when I stop pressing the paddle, causing enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw. It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my Begali outboard key. Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time). I don't take advantage of iambic modes (although the mode selected is 'A'). Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. I should add that I just updated the unit to the latest firmware: MCU 1.12 / DSP 0.94, but the problem's relation to this may or may not be significant. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB Joseph Sanger, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Radiology Informatics (212) 263-3434 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
Works great for listening though! :-/ From: Ken Nicely [mailto:k...@nicelyweb.com] Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 06:04 PM To: Sanger, Joseph Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response Glad you shared. I had been thinking about using a bluetooth headphones, but I will avoid them now. Ken KE3C On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Sanger, Joseph joseph.san...@nyumc.orgmailto:joseph.san...@nyumc.org wrote: Well, I just figured out the 'problem' with the delayed response of keying the KX3 rig I'm LOL'ing. I have been playing with a Bluetooth transmitter / headphone on the device ... the audio sounds GREAT and it's really a pleasure not to be tethered to the unit but ... Well, I guess you can figure out the rest. There is a slight delay in the arrival of the keyed tones to the headphone relative to my pressing the key ... destroying my ability to produce readable code. I am a bit red-faced ... but appreciative of those who offered help. :-/ Joe - WB2SSB -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.netmailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.netmailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sanger, Joseph Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:13 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.netmailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response My KX3 is behaving unusually this morning, so much so that I cannot use it for CW (I normally send at about 25-30 WPM; I now cannot send more than about 12 WPM). The first character is beginning, I don't know, about ½ a second delayed from when I press the paddle (both dit or dah) and extra dits/dahs seem to occur beyond when I stop pressing the paddle, causing enough confusion in my brain to obviate my sending readable cw. It's not the paddle itself; the behavior is consistent even using my Begali outboard key. Adjusting the QSK delay makes no difference (really didn't expect it to as that delay is the 'hang time', not the start time). I don't take advantage of iambic modes (although the mode selected is 'A'). Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. I should add that I just updated the unit to the latest firmware: MCU 1.12 / DSP 0.94, but the problem's relation to this may or may not be significant. Thanks Joe - WB2SSB Joseph Sanger, M.D. Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Radiology Informatics (212) 263-3434tel:%28212%29%20263-3434 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.netmailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.netmailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.netmailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW Key Sluggish Response
Thanks for telling us about this feature. I remember one of the jokes we played on announcers at the collage radio stations. We would set up a short delay with a 3 head tape recorder and patch it into the audio line when the record stopped. The DJ would then hear his voice delayed by about 1/2 second. The universal reaction was to tear off the headphones, finish speaking, start a new record, and come looking for us. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 9/1/12 at 13:38, joseph.san...@nyumc.org (Sanger, Joseph) wrote: Well, I guess you can figure out the rest. There is a slight delay in the arrival of the keyed tones to the headphone relative to my pressing the key ... destroying my ability to produce readable code. --- Bill Frantz|After all, if the conventional wisdom was working, the 408-356-8506 | rate of systems being compromised would be going down, www.pwpconsult.com | wouldn't it? -- Marcus Ranum __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
