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Re: [Amps] QSK or not

To: "Ed Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>
Subject: Re: [Amps] QSK or not
From: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:49:58 -0800
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On Feb 23, 2006, at 3:46 AM, Ed Swynar wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> Well, I've tried QSK --- tried to FORCE myself to like it, even! --- 
> but
> it's just not for me, I'm afraid...reminds me too much of operating 
> SSB with
> the VOX delay control set to near zero, where you can hear the 
> background
> noise on the frequency between every spoken sylllable.

By backing off the RF Gain control, one doesn't hears little background 
noise.

> ...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] QSK or not
>
>
>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:37:13 -0500, Ed Swynar wrote:
>>
>>> I think to-day's operators are far sloppier in their
>>> sending than those of, say, 25 years ago, when QSK may NOT have been 
>>> as
>>> prevalent as it is to-day
>>
>> Until the advent of rice box transceivers designed primarily for SSB 
>> with
>> CW as an afterthought, QSK was pretty much the rule on the CW bands. 
>> In
>> fact, one of the major reasons for the high level of acceptance of Ten
>> Tec by CW ops is that from the beginning, all of their products, both
>> amps and transceivers, work full QSK and do it quite well. The same is
>> true of Elecraft, also quite popular with CW ops, both contesters and
>> otherwise. Luckily, most decent transceivers today will do QSK just 
>> fine.
>>
>> So it was the designers of equipment who made those decisions, and of
>> purchasers when they bought the gear without QSK because there were 
>> few
>> other choices. It costs more to build a transceiver and an amp with 
>> QSK,
>> so the WalMart syndrome drove things.
>>
>> I've heard some folks say that they are distracted by hearing the band
>> when they're trying to send. But if they hear stuff on their own
>> frequency, perhaps they shouldn't be transmitting!  Or perhaps the RF
>> gain is turned up too high, or the IF filter is too broad. Some ops 
>> need
>> to write it all down to copy it, other more experienced ops don't. As 
>> the
>> old musician gag goes, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?  -- practice,
>> practice, practice."
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jim K9YC
>>
>>
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