Tim, I've been operating anywhere from about 25 wpm to 45 wpm and keep the "Semi Break In Delay (ms)" setting on PowerSDR (in the CW section of controls) set to about 200mS at the slower speeds, and sometimes shorten it down to 100mS for the faster speeds, but not always. I'm not a fan of QSK to begin with, so I these settings suit me well, and provide fast and seamless break-in capability where I can hear band noise between words (at 100 mS setting), but not between letters.
This is a great CW radio! Dale, WA8SRA Tim Ellison wrote: > Dale, > > What speeds have you been operating the FLEX-5000 on CW and can you > describe the QSK characteristics? > > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Boresz > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:58 AM > To: Steve Kallal > Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] CW w/ FLEX-5000A > > Steve, > > The COM port is not needed. The radio is keyed via a 1/4" phone jack on > the rear panel, marked "Key", and it works very well. There is no > truncation or pre-shortening of keying elements when keyed via this > connector. > > 73, Dale > WA8SRA > > Steve Kallal wrote: > >> I wonder if the external COM port is still needed on the 5000A. On the >> > > >> SDR-1000, the COM port is definitely needed for good keying response. >> >> Ken, N9VV, perhaps you could answer this one. >> >> 73, >> >> Steve N6VL >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was >> scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachme >> nts/20070810/3e6f1b37/attachment.html >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio mailing list >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio >> Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
