> Almost always he could hear my first break attempt. We went up to 75 wpm and he could still hear my bk
That's good to know. Of course if it was pre-beta as you mention, changes in firmware by release date could throw this off, but it's still encouraging. > So, we are wondering about what is going on concerning this thread. It's not just about hearing the breaks -- it's also how good the K3 sounded at those speeds. W5UXH pointed me to some recordings of tests by N4LQ and I have to say, even if things weren't perfect, I didn't hear anything too objectionable (granted, I was very tired, listened to only a couple samples, and briefly). I've had a couple ops offer to let me hear some on-the-air tests and I'll take them up on it. What may be acceptable performance to a casual CW op or to a contester may not be acceptable to a QRQ QSK guru. At the same time, it's understandable that reworking the K3 to achieve guru-level CW performance at this stage may be in the best interest of a niche group of ops but not the company or the majority of ops. While I still feel that it's a shame to not achieve solid performance at speeds pushing 100 WPM on a modern, high performance rig, for such a basic and fundamental mode, I have no doubt there are tradeoffs involved and that the designers are focusing on putting their money, time and efforts on what most ops will consider most important. Thanks for all the great responses in this thread. --Andrew .. ______________________________________________________________ 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
