Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-29 Thread W8HW
- Original Message - From: "Jerry Gardner" To: Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500 On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Brian wrote: My opinion is that with digital processing it is impossible to eli

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Steve Sterling
Rick, I did the same thing, although I had the keyer already, and run a Flex 5000. I never tried to run the built-in keyer. I like the on-screen PSDR interface for most things, but I knew I would still want a knob to adjust speed easily. Couldn't imagine having to get my hand to a mouse, navi

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Michael Tondee
I'm not an avid CW op, I occasionally use a straight key at a "pedestrian" speed and my 1500 works for that. I'm curious though, don't most diehard CW ops prefer an external keyer over a built in keyer in the first place? Don't the external ones usually have a lot more features? I've always t

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Jerry Gardner wrote: > : > ... I've measured around a 40 msec lag when using the internal keyer > in my 5000A... = H. Thanks for your post, Jerry. Sounds as if I got bad info when I was told that the lag was less than the 3000. That would be too much

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Jerry Gardner
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Brian wrote: > > My opinion is that with digital processing it is impossible to eliminate > the > delay completely, so if sidetone is preferred it needs to be generated at > the key. I agree. I've measured around a 40 msec lag when using the internal keyer in m

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Burt wrote: > So why can I send OK with my 5000 but had the same results as complained > about when using the 1500? > > == This has something to do with hardware differences. I have a 3000, which is quite a bit better than the 1500 that I had previously, but

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Burt
So why can I send OK with my 5000 but had the same results as complained about when using the 1500? --- On Mon, 11/28/11, Brian wrote: > My opinion is that with digital processing it is impossible > to eliminate the > delay completely, so if sidetone is preferred it needs to > be generated at >

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Leif Asbrink
Hello Brian, > My opinion is that with digital processing it is impossible to eliminate the > delay completely, so if sidetone is preferred it needs to be generated at > the key. It is not impossible at all. One just has to avoid errors. The PowerSDR software runs fine with a Delta44 soundcard an

Re: [Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Brian
Rick McClelland, AA5S wrote: > I'm a CW operator and my only rig is a Flex 1500. In general, I'm quite > pleased with the radio but I have noticed (as have others) that I make > many, many errors when sending CW with the built-in keyer on the Flex > 1500. For quite some time, I attributed this

[Flexradio] Bad fist when sending CW on the Flex 1500

2011-11-28 Thread Rick McClelland, AA5S
I'm a CW operator and my only rig is a Flex 1500. In general, I'm quite pleased with the radio but I have noticed (as have others) that I make many, many errors when sending CW with the built-in keyer on the Flex 1500. For quite some time, I attributed this to operator error until I had a brief