I'm wondering where you guys use such incredibly fast QSK? I keep the delay long enough that I am not bothered by noise, etc., except between words or, perhaps at speeds under 15 wpm, letters. I find it incredibly tiring to listen to all the racket produced by having noise, QRM, etc., blasting through at other times.
If someone wants to break me, he/she can do so easily with a couple of dits between words. If it's someone on frequency asking QRL?, it does me no good to reply since obviously he doesn't hear me. The other station in the QSO has a better chance. If it's DX I am not on his frequency anyway, so I'm not bothering him if he answers someone else while I'm calling. If it's a response to a non-DX call in which the station I'm calling answered someone else, obviously the other station didn't hear me calling since he called at the same time so unless he's a LID it's very unlikely I'm being heard by him. Besides, in that situation my call is short and will be done with by the time the other station finished with call signs, so I'm not going to QRM the transmission. Perhaps you find it useful in frantic contesting to avoid wasting the few seconds to finish a call when the other station answers someone else? Or perhaps while running an 'endless loop' CQ hoping for a break from someone? Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
