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Hi Dennis,
What is that one additional component, and where does it go?
Steve WA9JML an otherwise happy TO keyer afficianado
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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:
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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
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