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> ** QSK-CW is even rarer these days than traditional CW.
If you have a rig with decent QSK it can be great. Unfortunately,
almost all modern transceivers have terrible QSK. The TS850s, for
example, sounds wonderful when testing into a dummy load, but when you
try operating QSK on a crowded band the overlap between PLL locking
times and t/r switching results in all kinds of clicks and pops.
My current setup is an Elecraft K2/100 with a mod to speed up the QSK a
bit, driving an Alpha 86. Both have PIN diode switching. The other day
I had an hour-long high speed CW contact which was like a full-duplex
conversation. A lot of guys say they don't like to operate QSK, but the
real problem is that the QSK feature doesn't work properly.
Vic K@VCO
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