"Dennis Monticelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't have a CMOS-4 so I cannot comment. I have a Tick keyer that just uses a single CMOS PIC controller and I find I can use it just fine pretending it is non-iambic.
I agree with you regarding the memoryless TO keyer. It is unforgiving. On the plus side it will teach you to send better code :-) It comes out of the closet at my QTH only during the vintage contests. I did do a simple mod to turn the raspy sidetone into a nice sine wave. It only took one additional component. On 10/22/07, Doug Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Doug Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 23:36 -0400, Garey Barrell wrote: > > Personally I use the CMOS-4 from Idiom because it's one of the few > > that > > I can turn off that stupid iambic junk that will drive any bug user > > crazy! :-) > > I didn't know that! I had to drag out the manual and check it out. > > I used to be able to send good code with my W9TO keyer but bought a new > Nye keyer in the mid-1980s along with a Bencher Iambic key. I never > learned how to use iambic mode and don't care about it. However, I did > become accustomed to the dot and dash memory and now I can hardly send > without it -- especially below 25 wpm or so.. So, the TO keyer is not > getting much use anymore. (But it looks *so* good with the Drake > 4-Line!) > > The Nye and the CMOS-4 both have dot / dash memory and the memory > function works even with a non-iambic key. > > With an iambic key connected to the CMOS-4, I don't find *any* mode that > is not iambic capable. What V mode are you using? Are you running V9 > with no dot/dash memory? > > And, more generally, what is the difference between Curtis, Accukeyer > and Logikey modes? I've tried the various modes now and other than dot > and dash memory options I don't see much difference. Man, I've been > pounding brass since '65 and I've got a lot to learn! > > 73, > -Doug, W7KF > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
