[Elecraft] K3 QSK Timing

[Al Lorona]

I have always felt as K9ZTV does.

I don't mean to speak heresy here, and I would never deny anybody's right to use full QSK, such as when chasing DX. However, I have never felt the need to hear between dits. Between characters or words seems more than enough for me, especially at the CW speeds where most people exist. Plus, I've always felt it was rude to be interrupted during a transmission for anything other than an emergency. One time, when I was a novice, the other guy suddenly broke in frantically: MUST QRT QRT LOST BIAS. That was definitely a valid emergency. I could almost smell his final getting red hot and hear the plate current pegging the meter that evening.

Al  W6LX


>>>For any practical purpose needed by amateur radio operators that I can think of, the ability to hear between elements is not a life-and-death virtue.  The ability to hear between characters is by far magical enough.