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K7NG
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 5, 2006 05:56
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Money well spent
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have always been a CW kinda guy, but a few months ago I really got infected with CW mania. I bought a Begali paddle (another wonderful product!) and quickly found out how mediocre the internal keyer in my FT-900 was. I then got a TS-940 with NO internal keyer, so after a brief survey of available keyers, I bought a K-3. Wow! Hey, my CW sending is so much better above 25 wpm, I don't slap the Begali paddle all over the bench anymore, I don't get worn out after four hours on the air...and I haven't even finished experimenting with all the features of the keyer. Get one. You'll not regret it.
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DD4DA
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 4, 2006 05:46
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K-3 Keyer aka ETM9COG-X3
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have purchaised the ETM9COG-X3 Keyer here in Germany and was surprozed that the used keyer was the K-3 Keyer released by IDIOM Press. This just fits in a small ALU-Case. I work with them since 2003 and i never got a better keyer as this one. The Key i use is a Schurr Profi 2 and an old modified ETM5C where i bypassed the internal CMOS-Keyer. The handling is easier as the buildin keyer of the used rig as ICOM IC746pro or IC 706mk2g. I love the keyer. Only the cheap hombuild PIC- keyer from DH4YHF is similar in keying style.
vy 73 de Gerd DD4DA
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VK2ICJ
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 26, 2005 23:09
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Simply The Best
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I can't say enough about this keyer. Others have done it and I can't add more. But I can add that the Customer Service at logikey is also A++ . My keyer that I have owned for little more than a year would not work after a large move accross the world. I went from n9vkc to vk2icj in a single plane trip. I plugged my K3 into my TS-820 and all it did was key constantly. After several emails trying to sus the drama we eventually figured my eprom was bad. Bob sent me airmail a new chip (I'm in Australia remember) and told me to send him payment if that solved the problem. I received the chip several weeks later and installed it. It worked splendid. A++++ Customer Service.
Listen if you're looking for a keyer not only will you be buying the best keyer from Logikey but you will get Customer Service that is second to NONE PERIOD!!!
73 de vk2icj ..
Chris
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K3GM
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 21, 2005 12:27
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Excellent product
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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After 23 years of service, my Heathkit uMatic gave up the ghost. I loved that little box! It could do almost anything as far as spacing and weight was concerned. So when I decided to replace it with the K-3, I waited eagerly to get it in my hands to play with it, and to see what 20 years of technological advances went into it. Well I was a little dissapointed. Yes, it's a little easier to use than my Heathkit, but it can't do some of the things my 23 old keyer did. Two things that I've noticed immediately after only 1 week of ownership. It won't do Farnsworth, like 25wpm characters with 17wpm spacing; can't do it. Secondly, it can't send the prosign BK. It's limited to 6 elements. Anything over 6 and it truncates them. My uMatic keyer had a pseudorandom code practice built into it. It was great for practice and without a doubt, it helped me get my 20wpm back when it was a little harder to obtain Extra. ;) The K-3 does not. I expected more I guess. Still it's a very good keyer and is extremely easy to use. I look forward to working with it further.
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G4ZFE
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 25, 2004 01:36
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Smoother CW at last!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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After using the internal keyer on my FT1000MP for the last 3 years switching over to the K-3 has been a revealation. No more playing about with the very small keyer control on the radio as the K-3 has a large and linear speed control. Two minor comments:
1. Appropriate plugs should have been supplied with the keyer
2. The internal monitor is too loud
Otherwise I wish that I had bought one years ago...
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W8GND
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 28, 2004 03:39
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Dot memory
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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It's an ok keyer (just got it). Only complaint is
that the thing tends to miss a trailing dot (as in the letter "r") unless you're very careful. Must have had 15 iambic keyers. None of the others were that picky.
But that's the only flaw. Would be nice to have a way to turn off the keyer output, but that's not
important.
A minor problem, but I just hate fighting a keyer. Still prefer the Curtis chip to anything else!!!
73 jerry w8gnd
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F1BZF
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 19, 2004 08:32
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Good service/product
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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My K-3 went dead after (I think)a surge from power. Bob sent me quickly a new eprom and the K-3 went alive. This a real support for customers. I also have the cmos-II till 95'with internal bateries and it never fails.
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W3PH
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 10, 2004 13:59
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Superb keyer
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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My operation is 98% CW, and I've used many keyers, back to a homemade version of the W9TO keyer, and the K-3 (and CMOS-4) is the best.
I probably use 10% of the features - the ones that matter most to me are:
1. Ability to switch dot and dash - all of my paddles were wired backwards from what the K-3 expects - no problem, press 2 keys and all is well. No rewiring.
2. Accukeyer emulation - I spent years using a WB4VVF accukeyer and got used to the way it worked. The K-3 emulates the accukeyer nicely (I don't notice the issues with auto-spacing that others have mentioned, as long as I'm in accukeyer emulation mode).
3. Keying compensation - CW on my Pegasus sounded awful until I realized that I could fix the switching delay by setting the K variable (15 seems to sound OK, still experimenting).
4. Memory buttons - I only use 3 or 4 of these, but at least I send my own call correctly thanks to button #1 ;-)
Wish list: I added a pot to control the monitor volume (was way too loud) but still don't like the sound of the built-in sidetone - I suspect the speaker is too big. Solution - shut off the sidetone and use the rig's sidetone.
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W2XS
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Rating: 4/5
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Jun 6, 2004 23:10
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Auto Character Space
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I agree with KV1E on the automatic character spacing problem, and received the same response from the factory. I have the original CMOS Super Keyer 1 and the Super Keyer 2, and bought the 3 and 4 when they first came out. The original was all digital hardware, and the later ones are mostly software based. The original does not have the problem at all, but all of the other versions seem to have the same software implementation in them. At higher speeds, the characters run together often enough to be slightly annoying and this causes what sounds like a mistake. Many people do not use the auto character spacing feature, and may be perfectly satisfied with the timing. Since building the WB4VVF Accukeyer many years ago, I am hooked on keyers with that auto character spacing feature. In the end, I sold the Logikeyer 3 and 4 and kept the 1 and 2, the 1 being the smoothest of them all. I was disappointed because I liked the looks of the keyers very much.
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