[Yaesu] FT-890/QSK

[Jim Parsons]

Has anyone had negative comments about the quality of QSK using the FT-890?

I was told that my dots were clipping at 25-30 WPM. I listened to my signal
on a different receiver, and sure enough, the clipping was very bad. With a
scope, I then looked at my dots using both QSK and non-QSK. I found that
when using QSK, my dots were one third less than the length of dots using
non-QSK. The CW sounds great when not using QSK.

I tried changing the weighting, using my CMOS-III keyer, and it does help,
but it sure does change the "feel" of the CW, and not to the good.

I wonder if others have had this problem?

73,

Jim, K5ROV


James (Jim), Parsons, K5ROV USAF, Ret.
k5rov@worldnet.att.net   QCWA, NWQRP, Fists, ARRL
EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
JOHN 3:16


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