It is a mystery why most of the import rigs have poor or
nonexistent QSK. I think that they figure that there is
no serious interest in CW, so the mode is there in the rig
as an afterthought. The ony domestic thing analogous to this was the
Collins KWM-2 which had no provision for a CW filter and a TX
offset of 1500 Hz. Ten Tec came along with a management truly
serious about CW, and the rest is history.
73, Bob WB2VUF
Ken & Rose Kreis wrote:
>
> I sold my Omni VI with the idea that I would get a VI+ around the Winter
> season. I picked up a new Yaesu FT-920 so I would have a general coverage
> receiver to listen to all the world events going on as well as remain CW
> oping. I thought I could get by using the FT-920 on CW until later in the
> year.
>
> I was terribly wrong. The FT-920 (and most others) are poor excuses for a CW
> rig. Why the makers of Yaesu, Kenwood and Icom cannot make a halfway decent
> QSK rig is beyond me. I am starting to think that the makers of these
> foreign rigs try to put their foreign accent's into the CW notes and that is
> why they sound as they do. Don't they listen to the garbage coming out of
> these rigs on CW?
>
> I ordered a new Omni VI+ today, the xyl does not know yet - I prefer to go
> through hell at home with the xyl than continue until Winter without a QSK
> rig.
>
> I guess I do not need to tell the people on this reflector the above story.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken Kreis, KA0W
> Rudd, IA
> kia@netins.net
>
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