Re[2]: [Elecraft] QSK? Newbie question

[coca]

Hello Bill,

Saturday, October 18, 2003, 9:11:52 PM, you wrote:


BFA> Typically used in CW operation, the QSK Q-signal means "Can you hear me

BFA> With either flavor of break-in, the transmitter, and possibly an amplifier,
BFA> is constantly being keyed and unkeyed.  Transmitter relays and other control
BFA> relays are energized and de-energized with each keying or unkeying.
BFA> Needless to say, it can get quite noisy in the shack!

That's what I was used to when I worked in the industry plus the fact
that the equipment I used rarely provided a CW sidetone. To have silent
muting AND a sidetone too will be operational bliss :-)