[Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3

[David Cole]

Thank you!!!  I was starting to get worried that the K3 could not
generate CW...  :)
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On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 15:35 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 1:07 PM, David Cole wrote:
> 
> > Could you expand a bit on the choppy CW thing?  I am a new K3 person,
> > and I just bought my K3.  All this talk about choppy CW makes me a bit
> > apprehensive. If I use a normal Vibroplex iambic paddle, and send well
> > am I going to have a problem, or is this something about using the KBD
> > option?
> 
> Short answer: No and you can stop being apprehensive about it. :-)
> 
> You will plug in your paddle [and/or external keyer and/or computer], 
> and you will be sending clickless CW with full-QSK.  Had the subject not 
> come up [again] on this email list, the odds that you'd ever encounter 
> and notice its effects are vanishingly small unless you are a 60+ WPM 
> full QSK operator.  I operate in a lot of CW contests with N1MM driving 
> a WinKeyUSB at between 30 and 35 WPM, KPA500, full QSK, QRQ option off. 
>   No one has ever given me a QSD.  When I've specifically asked friends 
> [good CW ops] to evaluate my keying, they tell me it's great.  My "fist" 
> is another matter of course. :-)
> 
> It's another example of how you have to filter a list like this one. 
> The variety of K3 owners is vast, and some push the limits in various 
> ways and at those limits, they start seeing things the vast majority of 
> us never do or ever will.  They tend to discuss them here, which is 
> fine.  Those using the K3 as the IF for transverters up to the microwave 
> ranges are very concerned about frequency stability, and often discuss 
> it on this list too.  Your K3 will be rock-solid for you on HF, no need 
> for apprehension over that either.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
> 
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