[Elecraft] K3 and a timewave Dsp 599zx

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

What 'pounding of the relays' - that would not be coming from any 
Elecraft gear, the T/R switching is all electronic and quite silent.
As for "noise pops", are your settings for T/R delay set too short and 
the receiver unmutes too quickly.
Properly adjusted, there should be no pops with QSK.  That is true for 
the K3 as well as the K2 and KX3.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/6/2013 12:19 PM, Jim wrote:
> I do not run QSK, especially in a contest like SSCW.  The "noise pops' of the radio between characters is far to much for me, not to mention the pounding the relays take in a long contest.  I prefer VOX in those cases.
>
> A few "double ups" is tolerable compared to the recovery time of my brain from all the "clatter" it just heard for hours.
>
> Jim
>