[Elecraft] Mushy CW in QSK at 38 wpm and above...

[Gerry Hull]

One listener expressed it as "clipped dits".   I guess at 40wpm, 1mS would
make enough of a difference in dit length.

Thanks for all the feedback.

73, Gerry W1VE / VE1RM



On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> I don't think "mushy" is the right term. It's jitter in the CW envelope
> timing. Generally jitter is less than +/- 1 ms, but with the old synth, QRQ
> mode turned off, and the code speed in a certain range (around 40 WPM), it
> can be a bit worse.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Gerry Hull <gerry at w1ve.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Vic,
> >
> > This is K3, not K3s, no synth upgrade (yet!).   This is a KUSB cable for
> CW
> > keying, Stock.
> >
> > You know, I've never really noticed a difference with QRQ on or off.
> >
> > But, I do see a big difference when I go between 38 and 40 WPM.   I'll
> try
> > the QRQ mode again and see.  I'll also test with someone with QSK on and
> > off.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > 73, Gerry W1VE / VE1RM
>
>
>