Bruce - John - Terry, Bruce, no problem on signing the post, I just wondered who I would be talking with!!
I used to be very active with a small QRQ group of hams in which we would typically have QSO's over 100 wpm and sometimes as high as 125 wpm. I, in the past month, have tested my K3 s/n 8895, tested into a dummy load with full QSK. I believe Elecraft specifies full QSK at 100 wpm, but I could never get it to go that quick and at about 95 wpm, characters would start losing spacing and weight settings. However with the installation of the new synthesizer boards and the firmware upgrade, I was able to test my K3 at between 115 wpm and 120 wpm. Meaning I could copy the characters at those speeds. Above about 120 wpm, the spacing and weight issue crept in again. I would feel very secure in recommending the K3 (and probably) the K3S operating full QSK at 120 wpm and we really could not ask for anything more than that! At one time I owned an original Orion and the Orion II, neither of which I could use for QRQ; back then when I was doing QRQ I would use a modified Omni 6+ and if I wanted to run over 90 to 100 wpm, I would use either an IC-781 or an IC-7700. Now I am more into contesting simply because the old QRQ group dissipated, but in my opinion, my K3 is really great for operating in a high signal environment and the high speed full QRQ is just an added plus! I hope this info helps some. 73, Tom - W4BQF -----Original Message----- From: bruce whitney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 12:21 PM To: Chester Alderman Subject: RE: [Elecraft] QRQ QSK - specs? Sorry - I forgot to sign the post... oversight on my part. I am Bruce Whitney, Callsign W8RA -------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bruce whitney via Elecraft Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 11:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] QRQ QSK - specs? Anyone know? - Does Elecraft offer any specifications for QSK performance? Perhaps some sort of T/R turnaround time or a claim for some max. WPM with acceptible performance? I've been in discusions with some friends that do QRQ QSK with K3's and the K3s - seems to be some slight disappointment. No problem for me - But I have noticed that my Orion II seems better than my K3 (with the new Synth) in QSK... Anything official on this? ______________________________________________________________ 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]
