[Elecraft] K2 QSK

[N2TK, Tony]

I do like the job Wayne and Eric did with the K2. That's why when at home I
use it as an outboard receiver on topband and that is the rig I take when I
head out of the country.

I agree. Constructive criticism is always good. That's how we keep improving
bit the equipment and our operating.

CU all in the pileups from WP2Z.

73,
N2TK, Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 3:52 PM
To: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 QSK

Tony, N2TK wrote:

Hi Ron,
... this is an individual thing. Some folks don't care for QSK and some do.
It's no right or wrong, just a preference. To me a perfect QSK rig would be
one that I could send at any speed and I could clearly hear between the dits
without any artifacts such as clicks, and pops and no agc pumping.

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Thanks Tony. I can see the application in DX-ing at times. I appreciate your
insights.

If hearing between dits wasn't so intrusive to me, I'd use faster QSK, but I
find that it's not needed for the sort of operating I do so I was curious
about how it was being used by others.

I've always appreciated QSK - being able to hear between my "signals" - and
enjoy what I consider the K2's very smooth QSK. But then I can remember when
good "QSK" meant that the receiver AGC recovered within 5 seconds and I no
longer had to throw antenna and B+ switches to change between xmit and
receive.

It's a matter of what extreme you want, and the K2 is a good rig to push to
extremes.  Wayne and Eric surely support it and the rig has been made
consistently better because of grumbling over issues like this.

Ron AC7AC

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