If you have a squeeze key you can wire the dash paddle through 2 diodes to the tip and the ring of the phone plug and leave the dot paddle to the dot line.
You can then emulate a bug on the K2 if you have it set for auto-key-detect. I haven't tried it...I was never very good with a bug above 15WPM. Tom K2TA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thom R LaCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request. > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote: > > > Some old-timers may remember the "banana-boat swing" in which a bug is > > adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The > > operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there is > > some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number required. > > Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing! > > > > To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat swing > > differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of dits is > > used. > > Now that strikes me a worthwhile addition to the K2 keyer....an option for which > swing you want. > > Another one might be a seperate weighting factor for the dashes....you know > Dahhhhhhhhhdidahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhdi dahhhhhhhhhhhh dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dit > dahhhhhhhhhhhhhh > > I tried to do it with the K2...very frustrating indeed. > > 73,Thom-k3hrn > www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page,Drake Web Ring, > Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel, Drake IRC Channel, > Elecraft Owners Database > www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
