[Elecraft] Kx3 Paddles spring adjustment?

2012-07-15 Thread Buck k4ia
Is there an adjustment for the spring tension? I am spoiled by my Begali and these feel like I am lifting weights. -- Buck k4ia K3 # 101 KX3 #715 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
the unit is transported. 73, Igor, N1YX -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Cutter Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 12:31 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Ralph Parker Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles I

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread Ian White GM3SEK
Wayne Burdick wrote: Note that the KX3 also has a jack for a keyer/paddle/handkey/etc. of your choice. It can be used simultaneously with the attached paddle, too. Will the KX3 development phase be an opportunity to add more facilities to the keyer firmware, and feed them back into the K3 as

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread Phil Debbie Salas
Here's how I do it with a Palm Paddle for portable operations: www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/PalmBase.pdf Another possibility is to use a light-weight paddle mounted on a plate that your sending hand rests on. http://n1al.net/ham/paddle.htm The weight of your hand keeps it from moving. Al N1AL

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread Dr. Werner Furlan
Phil Debbie Salas schrieb am 24 May 2011 um 6:40: Here's how I do it with a Palm Paddle for portable operations: www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/PalmBase.pdf I have built the Palmradio IR receiver into the K3 for wireless operation. http://www.oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
I would certainly like to see Ultramatic 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #??? -- In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-24 Thread Dr. Werner Furlan
sorry for the typo. the www was to much http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf Pierfrancesco Caci schrieb am 24 May 2011 um 21:49: Werner == Werner Furlan fur...@gmx.net writes: Werner http://oe9fwv.shacknet.nu/oe9fwv/K3/Palmpaddle_K3.pdf the link doesn't work :(

[Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Ralph Parker
One of the things that impressed me a lot about the KX1 was the 45 degree mounting of the paddles - VERY practical! I see the KX3 pictured with 90 degree paddles, equally hard to use on a table regardless of your 'handedness'. But then, it IS only a prototype, isn't it? Ralph, VE7XF

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Wayne Burdick
The rig itself can be rotated just slightly to position the paddle appropriately (about 15 degrees to the left for a right-handed operator). In practice this works so well that we're sticking with 90 degrees for now. An angled paddle could also be designed if there were demand for it. There

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread David Cutter
I agree. I prefer my arm to lie at 90 to the table and my wrist and fingers to follow in a straight line for minimum stress, maximum comfort to the paddle. Rotating the rig 15 would help a lot. But I have another problem which is that I often operate the tune with my left hand while my right

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Wayne Burdick
Note that the KX3 also has a jack for a keyer/paddle/handkey/etc. of your choice. It can be used simultaneously with the attached paddle, too. Wayne N6KR On May 23, 2011, at 9:31 PM, David Cutter wrote: I agree. I prefer my arm to lie at 90 to the table and my wrist and fingers to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread David Cutter
The great thing about being part of the rig is that the weight of the rig holds the paddle down, keeping the overall weight of the portable station down by quite a lot. My paddle is quite heavy. I once fitted a paddle inside a Norcal 20 just because my usual paddle weighed more than the rig!

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Igor Kosvin
: Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles I agree. I prefer my arm to lie at 90 to the table and my wrist and fingers to follow in a straight line for minimum stress, maximum comfort to the paddle. Rotating the rig 15 would help a lot. But I have another problem which is that I often operate the tune

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Wayne Burdick
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles I agree. I prefer my arm to lie at 90 to the table and my wrist and fingers to follow in a straight line for minimum stress, maximum comfort to the paddle. Rotating the rig 15 would help a lot. But I have another problem which is that I often

Re: [Elecraft] KX3: Paddles

2011-05-23 Thread Alan Bloom
Another possibility is to use a light-weight paddle mounted on a plate that your sending hand rests on. http://n1al.net/ham/paddle.htm The weight of your hand keeps it from moving. Al N1AL On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 05:52 +0100, David Cutter wrote: The great thing about being part of the rig is