[CQ-Contest] Re: Re: Yaesu FT1000mp Mark V Key Clicks

[Jan Erik Holm]

I did notice the same, too soft. I did change
some component value to get a steeper rise
however I don´t remember what values I did use,
sorry about that, it works good now.
If you hear me on CW you might comment to me how
you find the keying.

73 Jim SM2EKM

PS: I use a 1000D
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Zoli Pitman HA1AG wrote:
>>I believe George told me that hechose the 
>>components he did because the mod would render super high
>>speed CW hard to copy because of the longer rise time.  
> 
> 
> Amen to that. I did Tom's mod in the lab and it provided the perfect solution in terms of bandwidth reduction.
> However my QRQ buddies started to complain about my too soft keying claiming  my dots and dashes sounded like
> washed together. After listening to it on the air myself I removed the mod. I plan to revisit the issue and
> choose components to give somewhat steeper rise. 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Zoli HA1AG
>