[Elecraft] Side Effects of QRQ On The K3

[David Cole]

Thanks Phil...  New owner jitters is all...  My radio is on Sacramento
now...  
-- 
Thanks and 73's,
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On Sat, 2014-04-12 at 17:45 -0700, Phil Hystad wrote:
> 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...  :)
> > -- 
> > Thanks and 73's,
> > For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
> > www.nk7z.net
> > for MixW support see;
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
> > for Dopplergram information see:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
> > for MM-SSTV see:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
> > 
> > 
> > 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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