Ken
Your observation is correct but..............
The kind of QSK Ten Tec became famous for used to be referred to as FULL QSK
to distinguish it from more pedestrian manifestations. As time went on we
became used to referring to FULL QSK as QSK and the lesser variant became
Semi Break-in.
The strict Q code definition of QSK remains unchanged but it's useage has
moved on.
Bob, 5B4AGN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] QSK of QSK and QSK definition
> The meaning of QSK as stated in the 1988 ARRL Handbook is:
>
> "Can you hear me between your signals and if so can I break in on your
> transmission? I can hear you between my signals; break in on my
> transmission."
>
> It does not say between dits and dahs of a character. It does not say
> between letters. It does not say between words. It just says "between my
> signals".
>
> It does not say my rig does it automatically. It says nothing about
> whether there is a horrendous relay racket in my shack, and I am using
> headphones that fully cover my ears. It does not say whether you are
> using a foot switch. It does not say you are using a separate TX and RX
> antenna. It does not say whether you have a separate receive site miles
> away and you are running full duplex.
>
> It does not specifiy the TX to RX switching time. It just says "between
> my signals".
>
> So I would say that Bill's foot switch method is a form of QSK. I would
> also say the what people have been calling "semi-breakin" is also QSK.
>
> Ten-Tec has earned a reputation for building rigs that do QSK better
> than most others. By better I mean you can hear a greater percentage of
> the time between dits and dahs, without degraded TX quality. That is to
> say that the greater percentage of receiving time does not come at the
> expense of having the transmitted dits and dahs significantly shortened,
> or their timing messed up. Or QSK without QSD.
>
> I don't own a Orion, nor have I had the opportunity to try one. So I
> will not comment on whether it lives up to the reputation for great QSK
> that Ten-Tec has earned with many of their other rigs.
>
> I would also say that someone who transmits their callsign more than
> once in a DX pile up, without listening at least between each word
> (callsign in this case) is not using the best judgement, nor using the
> best practice for making operating enjoyable for the maximum number of
> hams in the pile up.
>
> DE N6KB
>
> >
> >
> > You don't need to "hear between the dits" to do this. I've used
> > foot switches exclusively for both CW and SSB many years in both
> > contests and low band DX-ing. I've learned to simply let up my foot
> > between CW letters while sending my call in low band pileups (since
> > effective DX-ing speeds are fairly low 18-25 WPM on 80/160). If
> > speeds are faster, I may do it between words (i.e. my callsigns).
> > PTT does not mean that you only engage it at the beginning and end
> > of an entire calling sequence. It is very easy to make/break
> > between words or phrases on SSB and between characters or words on
> > CW (depending on the speed).
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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