Hi Jim,
I also got the kit from India the other day. I have built it in an ex mobile vhf rig aluminium alloy case.
I am not satistied with the transceiver due to the drawbacks you mentioned.
I like to operate CW but hand keying is impossible due to sending errors which I get whenever I try to pound brass.
Polished also the contacts and tried different keys, too. Nothing helps.
Haven't tried SSB because I bought this rig for portable CW operation.
Tonight I even updated the fimware. Got some new items to the menu but CW is still miserable
in spite of the update.
How about "hard" keying of the transmitter? Carrier on all the time and using a PNP transistor as a switch. No hazzle with processor loops or similar.
73
Kai
OH3WE
Lahti, Finland.
