[Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3

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Is this a problem only with the K3 keyer, or is it also present if an  
external keyer (such as the Begali CW machine) is used?
 
Mike KD8RQE
 
 
In a message dated 4/12/2014 3:23:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
w4cakk at centurylink.net writes:

I have  not seen anything posted on this in a long time,  so thought I 
would  revisit it to see if any progress had been made in the area of the 
QRQ  feature.  This feature was created so that cw ops could send with  
their keyboards,  or in my case on a paddle at around 25 wpm, and  have 
smooth cw being sent out.  Otherwise,  without QRQ being  turned on.  the 
cw sounds choppy even at 25 to 30 wpm.

The  only problem with this is that when QRQ is turned on,  we lose some  
functions like shift, and hi and lo cut.  If we turn off QRQ our cw  
sounds choppy and the faster you go the worse it gets.  QRQ is turned  on 
and off with the RIT buttion  or in the menu.

The other  evening I was on the air with a friend and some very close qrm 
came up on  frequency,  we had to turn off QRQ in order to get the shift 
to work  and our cw sending got choppy.

The other issue is just using the  RIT,   this turns off the QRQ and 
again your cw begins to sound  worse.   So,  you have RIT, Shift,  Hi and 
Lo cut that  do not function with QRQ turned on,  and you need QRQ to 
have a good  sound on cw.

This is not a normal way for a receiver to function,   and although I 
appreciate the workaround,  I wonder if a more  permanent solution might 
be on the way.

Toby  K4NH




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