In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dudley Chapman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Al,
Here is an old trick taught to me by an Old Timer Navy CW operator. One
of the drills he was taught for getting the rhythm of sending CW is to send
the phrase Bens Best Bent Wire. If sent like this, BensBest Bent
Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for what I heard
on 40 meters one day last week while I was at the work bench...
A station in Canton, Ohio was working 7.037...He got a straight key
reply to his CQ that was too weak for me to fully
This is the sort of thing that worries me about working CW. I am all in
favor of practicing before going on the air but what is available out there
to do this? Is there a hardware device software that I can connect a key
to that will send information to a PC to test if I'm sending correctly?
Al.
In a message dated 4/6/2005 10:31:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is the sort of thing that worries me about working CW. I am all in
favor of practicing before going on the air but what is available out there
to do this? Is there a hardware device software
A simple way to test your own fist might be to record (on cassette, etc)
some of your own sending, save it for a few days and then play it back and
see if you can easily copy it. Of the bad fists I have heard, the worst
problem seems to be running letters together, followed by little difference
in
Hi Al,
I used my K2 in test mode and sent the sidetone into the sound card of
my computer. There are various CW readers avaidable, e.g.CwGet (see
google for others). Some of these will show you your keying in a
oscilloscope like display and tend to be very picky when decoding.
I found this
Hi Al:
At 09:30 AM 4/6/05, you wrote:
This is the sort of thing that worries me about working CW. I am all in
favor of practicing before going on the air but what is available out there
to do this? Is there a hardware device software that I can connect a key
to that will send information to a
Hey Al,
Don't worry too much. Fortunately, this lid of which we speak (and lid
I shall continue to call him) is in the minority. Most ops are
fantastic and supportive and will do as much as they can to help your
fist improve--or, at the very least, have a nice QSO with you and be
glad to do it.
Funny story about this. I was at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Great science museum for kids of all ages! They have at least three or four
places where you can try sending some code. One was a spark gap, one was an
old railroad telegraph sender and one used the MFJ-461 or similar.
There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for what I
heard on 40 meters one day last week while I was at the work bench...A
station in Canton, Ohio was working 7.037...He got a straight key reply to
his CQ that was too weak for me to fully copy...His reply was Your sending
is
Al wrote:
This is the sort of thing that worries me about working CW. I am all in
favor of practicing before going on the air but what is available out there
to do this? Is there a hardware device software that I can connect a key
to that will send information to a PC to test if I'm sending
On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:11 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for
what I heard on 40 meters one day last week while I was at the work
bench...
A station in Canton, Ohio was working 7.037...He got a straight key
could find it or something similar
to get my sending back up to par...73 from cold and rainy UK.
Steve G0XAR
- Original Message -
From: Mike WA8BXN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bad fist
A simple way to test
I agree with taping your own fist and then copying from it a few days
later. But do not record someone on the air and send it to them. I think
that will drive folks away from the hobby. Much like showing someone your
work of art oo new piece of fiction; unless you are very comfortable with
I learned CW through a combination of Farnsworth spacing on my CW tapes
and sending in the TEST mode on my K2. Then I passed my test. Scared
silly I did not get on the air using CW until the next summer when the VE
who tested me for element 1 met me at field day. He asked how many
contacts
That wasn't a bad fist, it is caused by bat wet-ware. What a lid.
What exactly is a lid? A derogatory term for someone who asks silly
questions I suppose. Anyone know the origin of the term?
73 Paul ZL3IN
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What exactly is a lid? A derogatory term for someone who asks silly
questions I suppose. Anyone know the origin of the term?
73 Paul ZL3IN
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You'll get 100 answers at least to that question.
In modern vernacular, a LID is a new operator. Hence he/she is likely to
commit
Here is the colorful (perhaps more myth than fact) version.
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Thanks Steve, certainly colourful, and the best I've heard yet, I would
like to think it was true!
73, Deni
F5VJC / GM3SKN
K2 1188
Make RF make QSO/s (Another gem from this
In a message dated 4/6/05 5:10:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What exactly is a lid? A derogatory term for someone who asks silly
questions I suppose. Anyone know the origin of the term?
The tobbaco-can-lid story given by others is the origin, passed down from
In a message dated 4/6/2005 12:57:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Then I found my current CW mentor (I am not sure if he wants to get
mentioned here But Thank you SB!!) He worked with me, and is still
working with me. Got me faster and faster. He weaned me
In a message dated 4/6/05 12:54:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've noticed that happens more often these days as ops get on the air after
learning Farnsworth code. It's wonderful that they are able to learn CW more
easily and enjoy it more quickly, but several ops
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