[Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3

[Phil Hystad]

Dave,

Let me add my two-bits too --- I am about 98 percent CW but NOT QRQ.
I am 18 to 25 wpm depending but during contests I will play around with
others at 30 wpm or more.  I have never had any problems with clicks
or anything else.  I am often in a QSO with a friend or two who would not
be shy about telling me if my CW keying was clicky, chirpy, or whatever.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Apr 12, 2014, at 4:49 PM, David Cole <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:

> 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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