I agree with Vic. QSK is sometimes painful. CW Exuberantly,
Hank, W6SX On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO < [email protected]> wrote: > I know I might be beating a dead horse, but my recent experience in big, > noisy pileups has made this problem stand out. > > The t/r transitions in QSK and semi-QSK CW when there are nearby strong > signals make a horrible racket -- enough to make me turn down the volume > when sending, which negates the utility of QSK, of course. > > Although the QSK is smooth and quiet on a quiet band, this is not the case > when there are strong signals around. Here in 4X the EU signals can be > super-strong, and in recent FT4TA pileups, the banging and crashing around > my sidetone made operating sheer torture. > > Yes, I am using QRQ mode (I listen to the DX on the subrx and the pileup > on the main so as to make this possible) and New QSK. It doesn't matter. > > The problem is as bad or worse in 'simplex' operation when numerous > stations are calling a DX station on the same frequency. > > I understand that this is caused by the limitations of the synthesizers. > But I have discussed with Wayne and Lyle the possibility of changing the RX > muting function, which would slow down the QSK but at least make it quiet. > Fast QSK is worthless if I have to turn down the audio to protect my > eardrums! > > This would do a huge amount to increase the operating pleasure of serious > CW operators. The feature could be optional so those who like to ragchew at > high speed in QRM-free spots could turn it off. > -- > 73, > Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO > Rehovot, Israel > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
