[Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3

[Vic Rosenthal K2VCO]

I don't agree. With ORQ off, once you exceed about 35 wpm it is not OK 
with TX DELAY at 8 ms either. I'm not a perfectionist, it sounds awful.

Brian is correct that it doesn't matter whether you are using the 
internal keyer or an external paddle or keyboard, as long as you are 
using either semi- or full QSK.

Fred, I'm willing to bet that you have your WinKey USB set up to control 
the PTT -- or maybe you have a foot switch. You are not using either 
semi-QSK or full QSK. That is why you don't have the problem.

Try this: make sure you are using either full or semi-QSK. Turn on QRQ 
mode and send some V's at about 40 wpm. It should sound fine. Then hit 
RIT and send a few more. You'll see.

On 4/12/2014 3:56 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
> Not quite so.  Increase your TX DLY to 25 ms and listen to your CW.
> At 8ms (default), it behaves as you say.  Significantly higher values
> cause QSD.  It doesn't matter if you're using the internal keyer or an
> external keyer.
>
> 73 DE Brian/K3KO
>
> On 4/12/2014 22:35, 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

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/