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Keyer is a little odd
K5DN:
The keyer on my new RRC's works ok, but behaves a bit funky compared to my other keyers. When I hit dit a little too soon after a dah, it is ignored; no dit occurs. My Icom, mfj, and k1el keyers don't do this. Maybe I have just picked up a bad habit.
Has anyone else noticed this? I will eventually have to re-train the fist or try to hook up a separate keyer somehow.
Bob
K5DN:
I should have added that the above occurred in mode A. I tried the other modes, but have problems with all of them. The old squeeze mode seems to do the same thing. Mode B has the opposite problem of adding in extra dits sometimes; I guess this is expected with someone not accustomed to mode B. I am now using a single paddle key; haven't tried it yet with the dual paddle.
Is there a way to run an external keyer and retain the the buffering and timing features? It seems like a straight key mode is needed to do this.
sm3ccm:
I'm using a dual paddle and have the same problem. For me it looks like that there is a problem
with the dot and dash memories. C will often be a K, F will be a U a.s.o. Missing a dot after a dash before a word space. I don't have this problem with ICOM, AEA and MFJ keyers.
73 de Lars
K5DN:
Thanks for your comments Lars. I thought maybe it was just my fumble fingers.
Can Microbit please look into this problem? It is very difficult for me to use as it is.
K5DN, Bob
K5DN:
I found that adding a 0.47 uF cap from the paddle dit terminal to gnd greatly reduces the chance for a dropped dit. But it may also increase likelihood of an extra dit at the end of a string.
I also found the the instructions for connecting an external keyer are right there in the manual in plain english; should have RTFM. I think I will be happy with this solution, and microbit may have more important issues than tweaking the keyer.
Thanks,
Bob
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