In a message dated 11/10/2004 9:59:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Mike Morrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Lee wrote: > >>I was amazed how far and how easy contesting >>for CW has >>become with the advent of the computer >>generating the code. Memory keyers eliminated a lot of the sending even before PCs were common. >>The slick computer programs for contesting have >>sure off-loaded >>computing time on the grey matter CPU. Yep. The voice folks aren't much different - latest thing in SSB contesting is the "voice keyer" with canned messages in *your* voice. >It almost seems equivalent to running a marathon >by riding a motorcycle. Having run two marathons and many shorter races, that's a good analogy! But such is the way of progress - the K2 has two VFOs, ten memories, can be remote-controlled and doesn't need to be tuned up. >I guess I like the purity of older ways. I did SS with my "other" rig - all homebrew, 100W, inverted V at 37 feet. (google up my homepage to see a picture). No computer, no memory keyer, not even a second VFO. 424 QSOs in 76 sections. I can change bands in about 20 seconds but it's a bit more complex than with the K2.... The use of paper logs and lack of automated sending was a major limitation in how many QSOs I could make per hour this year, and how much effort it took to make the ones I did. >For example, it's amazing how many >of today's ham CW "gurus" advise Morse newcomers >to skip the straight key >and begin with an iambic keyer. I think that's bad advice, and actually makes it *harder* to learn good sending. 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
