In all fairness, TenTec isn't the ONLY one to have done QSK "right."
My Icom IC-765 does a tremendous job on QSK CW. The only requirement is
that the sidetone volume level be adjusted to "fit" with the general
signal level being worked. Then, it just sounds like another station in
the receiver. There is no sensation whatsoever of VOX-like operation.
Not anti-TenTec at all here, guys and gals, but just wanted to pass along
that some other designers have come pretty close even if they might not
have it exactly right! ;^)
72/73, George
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 54th year and it just keeps getting better!
R/C since 1964 - AMA 98452 RVing since 1972
JEFF S JOHNSON wrote:
>
> I think if I took an AF oscillator with a key on it and ran the tone into
> the 'audio in' on the back of my Omni-V and let this tone trip on the VOX
> in SSB I'd have the equivalent of most other rigs CW keying. Want QSK?
> Sure just run the VOX faster!
>
> Ten-Tec did it the right way from the start. Listen to a Triton running
> CW, Man that's QSK the rig disappears!
>
> 73 Jeff aa8ve ...and that's why we love Ten-Tec.
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