I will add my two-bit opinion. CW text decode as a crutch when copying by ear also is a big negative. Whenever I am using CW Decode, my own copying by ear performance drops a bit because too much leaning and dependence on the CW decode display for my translation.
I say -- if you are learning CW or wanting to improve your speed -- turn off that CW decode. 73, phil, K7PEH > On Feb 6, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > While CW Skimmer may be about spotting the guy calling ... > CW Get and/or the CW text decode capability in the K3 are > *certainly not* about spotting the calling station in the > pile-up. Their only purpose is as a crutch for those who > are either unable due to hearing loss or too lazy to learn > to copy the code. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > On 2015-02-06 2:01 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote: >> It's not about copying CW. It's about spotting the guy a dx station is >> working in a 30 kHz wide pileup when a hundred other guys are calling out of >> turn. A human can only copy a few calls within a few kHz at the same time, >> while the skimmer can get all of them. >> >> Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO >> >>> On Feb 6, 2015, at 7:29 PM, Ken G Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Of course there's the option of learning to copy CW ...... (; -) >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Ken - K0PP >>>> On Feb 6, 2015 8:57 AM, "Tom Blahovici" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b. >>>> Many people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such >>>> as cwget to assist them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose >>>> that functionality. >>>> Two things would be great here. One, having decoding built into the k3 >>>> subreceiver. That would fix this when you use it like you do. Second, cw >>>> skimmer should have an option to qsy on vfo b as well. >>>> Tom >>>> va2fsq.com >>>> >>>>> On Feb 6, 2015 10:06 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it >>>>> decodes the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you >>>>> can click on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that >>>>> frequency. I'm using it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the >>>>> Softrock-IF mode. >>>>> >>>>> One rub, though, is that the pileups are so wide that it often is not >>>>> possible to go split, listen on VFO A, and transmit on the second VFO,. >>>>> because Skimmer tracks VFOA and the action is too far above K1N's >>>>> frequency to display on my monitor. My K3 has the separate subRX, >>>>> happily, so I can invert things - listen to K1N on VFO B, while tuning >>>>> up the band on VFO A looking for the last successful caller. 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