I'm one who doesn't "enjoy" digital modes none of them CW included it's just a tool to make contacts with is all it is. Computers are made for digital modes and have brought them a long way with the JT65 modes to where we can work stations that could never be worked on CW and even with QRP. I enjoy speaking to someone on the phone for only for so long then I want to hang up also.
73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Dunstan Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Decoding - Your Brain is best At 05:08 PM 11/8/2012, Jim Dunstan wrote: >At 03:56 PM 11/8/2012, you wrote: >> >> I respect the hams that have spent many hours developing and >>improving their CW skills ... until they attempt to discourage hams >>who choose to come at CW with a different approach. The conjecture >>that those of us using decoders cause more problems than those audibly >>decoding is just that - a conjecture. Inexperience is very likely a more >>important factor. Please note that many accomplished CW ops use keyers >>when it's to their advantage - during CW contests. Software-generated >>code has no "fist"and is therefore more readable. And many CW >>contesters can achieve higher speeds with accuracy using a keyer and >>software than they may be able to do by hand. I disagree to some of your statement. In particular that computer generated cw ... that comes without "fist" is more readable.. I am from the old school ... I was a commercial CW operator at the end of the era. The 'fist' as u describe was similar to a speaking accent. Some accents are easier to understand than others (from a personal point of view). The fist was very important ... it defined who you were. The official policy of the service was that operators should use a manual key. However almost everyone on the net (used a keyer - bug in those days) which added to but didn't create the different 'fists'. There were some great 'fists' ... some that u could sit back and read like music. To be able to send with such a fist was really a 'gift'. Such a gifted 'fist' is by far superior to computer generated cw using an unimaginative algorithim. If you can listen to a wonderful 'fist' and compare to a computer generated signal ... u would immediately recognize the difference. So i encourage cw ops to develop their own 'fists' ... who knows they may be one of those gifted with the magic 'fist" ... the fist that allows you to sit back and enjoy listening to it. Jim, VE3CI ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
