Re: [Elecraft] K3: R/T and T/R timing

2010-03-26 Thread Radio Amateur N5GE
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:38:26 -0800 (PST), David Windisch wrote: See comment below: [snip] >After key-up, on quiet bands or a dummy load, I hear a short "tail" (sounds >like an echo) at the end of each code element. After 20 years of using good QSK rigs, I have occasionally noticed the echo you

Re: [Elecraft] K3: R/T and T/R timing - - oops!

2010-03-26 Thread David Windisch
Dunno what I was thinking, re DELAY control! Of course Tom is correct. Specific to the Alpha (p-i-n diode QSK), the Ip leds overshoot dimly from normal Ip to as much as 1.5A at key-up in QSK mode. Adjusting DELAY has no effect on this. The led overshoot goes away in non-QSK modes if DELAY is s

Re: [Elecraft] K3: R/T and T/R timing

2010-03-26 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Dave: About 25 or so years ago, I added full QSK to my Alpha 76PA (using the QSK circuitry from the Alpha 78 (which had QSK from the factory). Since that time, I've used the QSK-ed Alpha with every radio I've had, full QSK, with NO HOT SWITCHING... EVER! And I'm NOT(!) using the built-in (

[Elecraft] K3: R/T and T/R timing

2010-03-26 Thread David Windisch
Hi, all concerned: The time from key-down to rf-available, is well-defined, and controllable with the DELAY knob from 8ms to 2s. Is the time from key-up to no r-f output as well-defined, and controllable? My concern is hot-switching an amplifier, in my case either a Ten-Tec 425 or an Alpha 89,