Not being a high speed CW op nor a contest CW op, I find that QSK is,
well, just very nice. I don't need to hear between the CW elements,
nor even the letters, but more so in between the words. Some ops have
a clean fist but run all the words together. No spaces. Drives me
nuts. Itwouldbelikemewritingthismessageandnotputtinginanyspaces Now
that just doesn't work with my brain.
As to break-in or full QSK, I see it much like a conversation occurs in
a room. There's thoughts shared back and forth between participants and
does the allude to swapping ops. Yet, one can operate semi-QSK with
the same style and results. Seems that after all, once CW speed gets
above certain points, hearing between CW elements and words become non
existent.
After 61 years as a ham, starting as a Novice in 1959, I'm becoming a
fairly good CW op and likewise enjoying it. I use it largely to
stimulate my old slow brain.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 6/11/2020 11:59 AM, Al Lorona wrote:
I have always felt as K9ZTV does.
I don't mean to speak heresy here, and I would never deny anybody's right to
use full QSK, such as when chasing DX. However, I have never felt the need to
hear between dits. Between characters or words seems more than enough for me,
especially at the CW speeds where most people exist. Plus, I've always felt it
was rude to be interrupted during a transmission for anything other than an
emergency. One time, when I was a novice, the other guy suddenly broke in
frantically: MUST QRT QRT LOST BIAS. That was definitely a valid emergency. I
could almost smell his final getting red hot and hear the plate current pegging
the meter that evening.
Al W6LX
For any practical purpose needed by amateur radio operators that I can think
of, the ability to hear between elements is not a life-and-death virtue. The
ability to hear between characters is by far magical enough.
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