[TenTec] ??QSK GONE AWAY

[ac5e at comcast.net]

QSK gone away? Not on my Orion. I can hear another station between dits at what the MFJ 493 keyer says is 60 - and with what the internal keyer says is 60. So I certainly have QSK - at speeds higher than I ever want to run.  When it comes to CW I prefer city speed limits  to interstate speed limits! I will leave the autobahn speeds to the young guys. 

If it helps, the sidetone is turned down to 9 so it does not swamp the other station, QSK delay is 0, weighting at 100%,  and rise time is 3 ms. CW jack PTT is on and PTT in CW is as key.  QSK delay or a slow rise time could keep the receiver from turning on between dits, or there could be some garbage left over in a memory position that does not need to be there. 

I did do a master reset after the latest download. A couple of downloads back down the road I had to do a "hold the lock down" complete memory cleanout but not this time.  And not at all unless some glitch that has not revealed itself so far appears. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E