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QSK or not... - 2007/11/20 20:32
En visionnant certains vidéos sur YouTube, en écoutant le site
Live audio! de K5ZD, je constate que plusieurs opérateurs
n'utilisent pas le QSK. Noel/VE2FWW me confirmait aussi qu'il
n'utilise presque jamais FULL-QSK en mode concours. J'ai
tenté d'avoir d'autres commentaires via le site CQ-Contest.
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(My email to CQ-Contest)
Hello group.
I have been using QSK during contest for long time.
My L4B/QSK is working just fine.
After watching couple of guys doing CW contest on YouTube and
also listening to K5ZD audio live! I am wondering what is the
main reason to use semi-bk during contest.
73 de Claude VE2FK
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Bonjour Claude,
Semi break-in allows you to hear the audio from one radio while
the other radio is transmitting, so for the SO2R crowd, that
would be one reason. If you're running SO2R, you can't be having
the RX audio from one radio popping up while you're trying to
listen to the other.
Another reason, for me, at times, is just to give myself a few
seconds of peace and quiet.
73, kelly
ve4xt
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I've never liked QSK. It's too distracting, especially when
running SO2R. 73,
Barry W2UP
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Claude,
Many SO2R ops prefer semi-break because it is much easier
listening on the second receiver when the QSK isn't clicking
on every character. You'll also notice that most SO2R ops turn
their sidetone volume way down for the same reason.
Randy is one of the most skilled ops when it comes to SO2R.
Another super SO2R op, Jeff, N5TJ, also noted that he kept
the sidetone volume almost at zero during exchanges so that
he could concentrate on the second radio.
Paul, K5AF
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Well, I think there are probably several reasons. Opportunities
to use the advantages of QSK are very limited in SO2R operation,
since most times when you are CQing you are listening on the
other radio. Many of us do not have fully QSK-capable stations,
or else they are noisy and unpleasant for long periods of
contesting. And finally, at least for me, it is quite tiring to
listen to band noise or QRM between code elements.
73, Pete N4ZR
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When working SO2R, I want the run radio to be quiet while I
transmit, so I can concentrate on radio 2.
When working SO1R, I love to use QSK. It gives you the possibility
to operate a lot more 'agressively' and save time. E.g. start
sending "TU $MYCALL" even you're not sure whether the other
station may repeat its report or not; call more agressively in
pileups without being afraid to generate QRM, etc. Unfortunately,
I can presently only work QSK with low power (TS850 or K2);
the amp at the clubstation I usually operate from doesn't do it.
73, Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * Dresden, Germany * http://fkurz.net/
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Paul, K5AF, wrote:
>Many SO2R ops prefer semi-break because it is much easier
>listening on the second receiver when the QSK isn't clicking
>on every character. You'll also notice that most SO2R ops
>turn their sidetone volume way down for the same reason.
FYI, my DX Doubler auto-squashes the sidetone level on the Run
radio unless I change one of the switches. I totally agree
with the semi-breakin mode on that Radio. As an SO2R Newbie,
it helped tremendously.
73. Rick, K6VVA
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:07:51PM -0500, Claude Du Berger wrote:
> Bonjour Fabian.
> Thanks for your comments re QSK.
> Understand that in some case, for SO2R Semi-Bk is okay.
> Hope to get you during the CQ WW
Oui. Demain je vais aller a DJ6ZM/Munich pour CQWW et je vais
travailler avec SO2R, alors semi-bk sur Radio 1. Mais j'ai
QSK a Radio 2.
> Thanks for all QSO during contest.
De rien .. et au revoir pour un autre 2 ou 3 QSOs cette weekend!
73,
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Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * Dresden, Germany *
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j'ajouterai les nouveaux commentaires.
Will edit if more comments.
73 de Claude VE2FK
Post edited by: VE2FK, at: 2007/11/22 18:51
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