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Don Rasmussen

K3 QSK?

Sending a string of DITS using an external keyer, and in QSK mode, I can hear receiver noise between the dits until about 19 WPM.

At that point the receiver is muted, so 20wpm or greater on my radio as it sits, there is no QSK. :-(

Is there a firmware adjustment that will improve this?

TIA,
Don

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David Gilbert

Re: K3 QSK?

I have no problem hearing 40m BC carriers between dits at 40 wpm using
N1MM as an external keyer (via RS-232 cable), so you've got an excessive
delay somewhere else in your settings.

73,
Dave AB7E

Don Rasmussen wrote:

> Sending a string of DITS using an external keyer, and in QSK mode, I can hear receiver noise between the dits until about 19 WPM.
>
> At that point the receiver is muted, so 20wpm or greater on my radio as it sits, there is no QSK. :-(
>
> Is there a firmware adjustment that will improve this?
>
> TIA,
> Don
>
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Steve Ellington

Re: K3 QSK?

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You certainly have something wrong. At 20 wpm in QSK mode, I can not only
hear between dits but can almost understand what an AM station is saying! At
50 wpm I can hear the distinct clicks as a carrier from a BC station pops
through.
Steve Ellington
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 QSK?

>
> Sending a string of DITS using an external keyer, and in QSK mode, I can
> hear receiver noise between the dits until about 19 WPM.
>
> At that point the receiver is muted, so 20wpm or greater on my radio as it
> sits, there is no QSK. :-(
>
> Is there a firmware adjustment that will improve this?
>
> TIA,
> Don
>
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Don Rasmussen

Re: K3 QSK?

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Think I have it, had set TX DLY to 20, it is normally 8. Somehow I considered this would only apply to VOX mode. ???

Set it back to 8 and QSK is good again.

Thanks for the reports...

--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Steve Ellington <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Steve Ellington <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 QSK?
> To: "Don Rasmussen" <[hidden email]>, [hidden email]
> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 5:59 PM
> You certainly have something wrong.
> At 20 wpm in QSK mode, I can not only hear between dits but
> can almost understand what an AM station is saying! At 50
> wpm I can hear the distinct clicks as a carrier from a BC
> station pops through.
> Steve Ellington
> [hidden email]
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Rasmussen" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:09 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 QSK?
>
>
> >
> > Sending a string of DITS using an external keyer, and
> in QSK mode, I can hear receiver noise between the dits
> until about 19 WPM.
> >
> > At that point the receiver is muted, so 20wpm or
> greater on my radio as it sits, there is no QSK. :-(
> >
> > Is there a firmware adjustment that will improve
> this?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Don
> >
> >
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: K3 QSK?

Don and all,

This is not a specific comment on your situation, I am just using it as
one example. IF everyone would read through the menu settings for the
radio, I believe a lot of these type questions would be answered. Yes,
a bit of logical thought about the effects of each setting is in order
too, but an understanding of the configuration settings available in any
radio (the K3 included) can be had by just looking through the available
menu settings - "it is in the manual" (plus a few of the K3 firmware
release notes for the new functions). For *all* radios with menu
settings, an understanding of the menu items available will help you to
set up the radio the way you want it. It is true for the Yaesu 817, the
K2 and the K3 and many others. You do not know the radio until you know
what is contained in the menus.

73,
Don W3FPR

Don Rasmussen wrote:
> Think I have it, had set TX DLY to 20, it is normally 8. Somehow I considered this would only apply to VOX mode. ???
>
> Set it back to 8 and QSK is good again.
>
> Thanks for the reports...
>
>
>
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