Until I got my new Orion, I never used QSK on the run (CQ) radio when
contesting in SO2R mode. I did use it off-and-on when S&Ping, though that's
generally not as important. The reason I didn't use QSK is that it is
incredibly noisy and fatiguing on rigs other than Ten-Tec's. There's a lot
of thumping and bumping and the AGC recovery time is usually not fast
enough. I would call it useless. The Orion's QSK, however, is excellent and
I used it 100% of the time in ARRL SS CW this weekend, for over 1000 QSOs.
Very little noise (just a minor click in the headphones) and no fatigue at
all. I caught many callers right after I started my CQ. No disagreement that
QSK is great for that, but you have to have a Ten Tec rig to use it!
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul DeWitte K9OT [mailto:k9ot@mhtc.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:37 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] CW breakin
>
>
> In a recent post someone said that in contesting full breakin
> is not necessary. I would have to dissagree with that as many
> times I have heard someone calling right after I start
> calling CQ in a contest and you can stop and work them with
> out having them move on to someone else because they dont
> want to wait for the CQ to stop. It is also great for net
> control in a net and handling traffic. One of the reasons
> that I like T T equipment is the great QSK. I would not want
> to operate without it. (personal opinion only). I realize
> that a lot of people do not like QSK. They can operate semi
> break in and everyone can be happy.
>
> 73 Paul K9OT
>
>
>
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