That's certainly true Steve. You sure do have that Plus doing excellent. And
when you were sending to me at 100 wpm, I did break you with one dot!! What
you had going last night was a heck of a lot better than my Omni 6!!
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "n4lq" <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: TT RE: [TenTec] FQR and QRQ
> There is another thing that I seldom see mentioned in all of this. Sure,
> some rigs will send 80-100 wpm and yes they will do this in QSK mode BUT
> will you be able to hear a beaker while sending? The Orion I had would
> certainly send 42 WPM in QSK mode but was totally deaf to anyone trying
> to break in. Not until you dropped down to about 15 wpm could you
> actually make use of it's so-called QSK.
> Last night, we ran test on the Triton IV, 544 digital. It sent excellent
> cw at 100 wpm with full/working/real/live QSK and it does this with no
> artifacts like clicking or thumping, just nice, smooth, wide-open QSK!
> Now that's what I call a real CW rig. So my point here is: It does not
> matter if a rig has QSK or not unless you can hear a breaking station at
> whatever speed you are running. Not only does it not matter but a rig
> that is deaf while in QSK mode is a total FAKE QSK RIG. Yes, an FQR. FQRs
> are everywhere these days.
> N4LQ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <al_lorona@agilent.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:39:23 -0600
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] ORION QRQ Performance
>
> >
> > > The Orion can send CW over 42 wpm, but it starts changing
> > > character timing
> > > about 42 wpm and gets worse as you increase above 42 wpm.
> > >
> >
> > Okay. That's what I thought you said. Thank you.
> >
> >
> > > Don't try to make 68 wpm a hard and fast rule...MY Omni 6
> > > will not send
> > > copyable CW above 68 wpm...others are +/- (I only get to
> > > operate mine, not
> > > yours!!)
> >
> > Again, I understood this correctly, too. Thanks for clarifying.
> >
> >
> >
> > > The Corsair 2 and the IC-781 will run full QSK at CW speeds
> > > over 100wpm.
> > > Others may, but I don't test them, I use them if they are
> > > on my desk.
> > >
> > > I am a user, not a test department!
> > >
> > > Tom - W4BQF
> >
> > Wow. Tom, I am certainly not calling you a liar, but there are things
> > in this statement that I simply cannot believe.
> >
> > I hope this message has been clarifying for many folks.
> >
> >
> > Al W6LX
> >
> >
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