Posted by
Andrew Moore-3 on
May 15, 2010; 2:19pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-QRQ-high-speed-QSK-tp5057956p5059189.html
> Almost always he could hear my first break attempt. We went up to 75 wpm
and he could still hear my bk
That's good to know. Of course if it was pre-beta as you mention, changes
in firmware by release date could throw this off, but it's still
encouraging.
> So, we are wondering about what is going on concerning this thread.
It's not just about hearing the breaks -- it's also how good the K3 sounded
at those speeds.
W5UXH pointed me to some recordings of tests by N4LQ and I have to say, even
if things weren't perfect, I didn't hear anything too objectionable
(granted, I was very tired, listened to only a couple samples, and
briefly). I've had a couple ops offer to let me hear some on-the-air tests
and I'll take them up on it.
What may be acceptable performance to a casual CW op or to a contester may
not be acceptable to a QRQ QSK guru. At the same time, it's understandable
that reworking the K3 to achieve guru-level CW performance at this stage may
be in the best interest of a niche group of ops but not the company or the
majority of ops.
While I still feel that it's a shame to not achieve solid performance at
speeds pushing 100 WPM on a modern, high performance rig, for such a basic
and fundamental mode, I have no doubt there are tradeoffs involved and that
the designers are focusing on putting their money, time and efforts on what
most ops will consider most important.
Thanks for all the great responses in this thread.
--Andrew
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