Good Morning all.
Well, I thought it was my imagination...or that I was doing something
wrong. BUT...
I have an FT 900 and and FT 1000D. Love the radios. I am almost 100% CW
operator both from the car and from the shack. I've had many radios and
keyers over the 17 years I've been licensed so I have some experience to
draw on. So...the question:
Do any others of you experience keying anomalies when using the built in
keyers on either of these or other newer Yaesu rigs with built-in keyers?
Specifically, when sending with the FT900 at approximately 20-25wpm,
missing a letter "a" in a word...all I'll send is the "dit". The "dah"
just doesn't come. Last nite, on the FT1000D, during the very enjoyable 10
meter opening I was working a Texas station on about 28040. The fellow I
was working was named Allen. I consistently could not send the second "l"
in his name. The first "l" would send fine, but when I sent the second "l"
all I got was the "dit" and the "dah" simply repeated several extra times
and I had to stop and start over.
There are other letter combinations that do the same thing...I'm stumped.
Is this my keying? I don't seem to have the problem with my external
keyer, or with the keying circuit in my IC765.
I've tried slowing down, speeding up, increasing/decreasing the vox
delay...still seems to be there. AS I think about it at this moment, I
don't recall whether I've tried QSK to see if this phenomenon is evident
there, but I will tonight.
Any similar experiences out there, or better yet, any fixes if so?
Email me, please, and if this is a larger problem than just me, maybe the
reflector would be a good place for it as well.
Thanks to all.
Larry N0XB
Northfield, MN
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