I eavesdrop on the 80 m traffic nets occasionally. Impressive level of efficiency and skill among the ops. Who knew there were so many Q-codes :)
Wayne N6KR > On Jun 11, 2020, at 2:03 PM, Tom Doligalski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Wayne! > > I had faith that the excellent qsk in the K3 would carry over to the K4. > Thanks so much! > > I can easily recognize other rigs in cw nets. > > 50 years of cw traffic! > > Tom W4KX > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 11, 2020, at 3:23 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Tom, >> >> On the K4, with full QSK selected, you can hear between dots at 40 WPM. >> >> There's no need for a "QRQ" mode, as on the K3, because the K4 doesn't have >> to update a synth between TX and RX. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I still do CW traffic handling, qsk is really important to me. That’s the >>> reason I plunked down m money for the K4. >>> >>> Tom W4KX >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Not being a high speed CW op nor a contest CW op, I find that QSK is, >>>> well, just very nice. I don't need to hear between the CW elements, nor >>>> even the letters, but more so in between the words. Some ops have a >>>> clean fist but run all the words together. No spaces. Drives me nuts. >>>> Itwouldbelikemewritingthismessageandnotputtinginanyspaces Now that just >>>> doesn't work with my brain. >>>> >>>> As to break-in or full QSK, I see it much like a conversation occurs in a >>>> room. There's thoughts shared back and forth between participants and >>>> does the allude to swapping ops. Yet, one can operate semi-QSK with the >>>> same style and results. Seems that after all, once CW speed gets above >>>> certain points, hearing between CW elements and words become non existent. >>>> >>>> After 61 years as a ham, starting as a Novice in 1959, I'm becoming a >>>> fairly good CW op and likewise enjoying it. I use it largely to >>>> stimulate my old slow brain. >>>> >>>> 73 >>>> >>>> Bob, K4TAX >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 6/11/2020 11:59 AM, Al Lorona wrote: >>>>> I have always felt as K9ZTV does. >>>>> >>>>> I don't mean to speak heresy here, and I would never deny anybody's right >>>>> to use full QSK, such as when chasing DX. However, I have never felt the >>>>> need to hear between dits. Between characters or words seems more than >>>>> enough for me, especially at the CW speeds where most people exist. Plus, >>>>> I've always felt it was rude to be interrupted during a transmission for >>>>> anything other than an emergency. One time, when I was a novice, the >>>>> other guy suddenly broke in frantically: MUST QRT QRT LOST BIAS. That was >>>>> definitely a valid emergency. I could almost smell his final getting red >>>>> hot and hear the plate current pegging the meter that evening. >>>>> >>>>> Al W6LX >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>> For any practical purpose needed by amateur radio operators that I can >>>>>>>> think of, the ability to hear between elements is not a life-and-death >>>>>>>> virtue. The ability to hear between characters is by far magical >>>>>>>> enough. >>>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>>> 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] >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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]
