Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-23 Thread Jay Sewell
Aha! Thanks, Gerald. It is clear now. Don't read my comments wrong. Because I'm not a software writer anywhere near the level of the excellent contributors who have been improving this radio, I'm not always tuned into exactly what is going on in terms of the software development and sometim

Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-23 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Jay, There are significant CW performance and other improvements coming in PowerSDR 2.0 (a.k.a. PB-PAL). These enhancements are already being alpha tested by our FlexEdge reflector group. Reports are very favorable. What Bob means is that to make improvements beyond what we have done in PB-PAL

Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-23 Thread Jay Sewell
Bob, congratulations on your ability to send high speed CW and to place high in contests. I respect you for these accomplishments and especially respect you for your contributions to the Flex radio operations. I had noticed that Flex has removed most references about ability to QSK in their ad

Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-23 Thread Mike Tatum
Hi John, I agree, the F3K is a semi-break-in rig not a full QSK rig, but it does have a lot of good features. One thing I have learnt over the many years of being a HAM is that there is no such thing as the perfect rig :) I very rarely use SSB so I like you have no interest whatsoever in

Re: [Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-22 Thread Bob McGwier
You would be wrong about some of the things you say. When I operate outside of my car. CW. I have top tens in DX contests, my cw speed is 40 wpm with good copy, 50 wpm in "contest mode" and I have been a developer of software for the Flex radios since the 3rd month of their exist

[Flexradio] QSK -- It's not...

2010-02-22 Thread John Ragle
Hi, Mike... Read your blog. As a long-time CW operator (licensed ~1946), and having owned both TenTec and Elecraft rigs with perfect QSK, I was really deeply disappointed in that aspect of the F3K -- it is a typical "semi-break-in" rig. I had a fair amount of trouble using it with my paddl