[TenTec] QSK vs 1.370

[Martin Ewing]

de N4LQ:

>WIsh I could have figured out what happened to my QSK with 1.370. The
>sidetone sounded beautiful but QSK became semi-bk in with maybe a .25 sec
>delay which is certainly not QSK. I redownload, reinstalled, rebooted
>several times all with the same result.  Yet some of you guys say the QSK is
>still great. Now either we have different concepts of what QSK is or
>something went wrong with my hardware. Anyway, I sent it back. I guess
>someone else will end up with it. Hopefully someone who doesn't care for
>QSK.
>  
>
So what _is_ "QSK" anyway?  With 1.370 and the internal keyer, I did a 
little test.  Set sidetone to zero and sent (tx disabled!) a steady 
stream of dashes or dots.  Above about 20 wpm, the T/R switch never 
drops and you hear nothing off the air.  As you go below 20 wpm, you do 
hear a little between dots or dashes.  [That's a lot less than .25 sec, 
by the way.]

What we have now is a little Rx between characters and more between 
words.  Is that QSK? I suppose to purists, you should get Rx any time 
there is no RF out, i.e., between elements.

Actually, I like it this way, since there's less pulsing in my headset 
while sending.

-Martin