[Amps] Slow start-up of Amps on CW

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

On the other hand, there are workarounds available.  People started 
telling me that my callsign was being clipped soon after I got my 
KPA-1500 (my old SB-220 had homebrew QSK).  I found lead-time settings 
in my Winkeyer setup and in N1MM that let me delay CW until my amp was 
up to speed (50 ms) and similarly hold-in after the last character was 
sent.  No more problems here.

I wondered if the pattern of busted spots on the RBN might also reflect 
such issues, but so far, running together of characters - "TES TN4ZR" - 
seems much more prevalent.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 3/11/2024 3:05 PM, Jeff in Mali: via Amps wrote:
>   Actually Bahamian stn from Spain.
>      On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 06:52:42 PM GMT, Jeff in Mali:<tz4am at aol.com>  wrote:
>   
>    Then of course there is the famous Cayman station from Spain C6AAE.
>      On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 06:24:32 PM GMT, Jim Brown<jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>  wrote:
>   
>   On 3/11/2024 7:57 AM, Jeff in Mali: via Amps wrote:
>> However, more and more I'm convinced that some amps are not
>> instantaneous, not picking up immediately as the first letter(s) is
>> (are) keyed on CW or spoken on SSB. The other night I was watchin my own
>>    amp (Elecraft KPA-1500) and it seemed only to come up to full-power
>> after a few characters.
>> Is this a generalized phenomenon, or just my imagination?
> R/T delay is quite real. When contesting, I regularly hear JA calls as
> OA. It's not me mis-copying.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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