Copying code sent with a semi-automatic key is significantly different than copying code sent with a keyer and paddle. Most amateurs, including many old time operators, send the dits at 40 wpm and the dahs at 15 wpm. Denise stoops sounds as good as anyone I have ever heard using a bug and should be immolated to everyone attempting to use one.
Marv KG7V -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob McGraw K4TAX Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Not moving your wrist sending CW ? Sending with a semi-automatic key, a.k.a, bug, is significantly different than sending with a paddle connected to a keyer. The keyer is supposed to make the dit-dah ratio and spacing correct. The length of the elements is controlled and timed electronically. With a bug the length of a dah is controlled by the operator and the dit length by the vibrating pendulum. I learned on a bug but now favor the paddle/keyer combination. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2020, at 3:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > > This is the video you remembered. Denise has a unique sending style > and remarkably good -- and error free -- bug sending. > > > www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhrSEERvbI > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fred Jensen" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 6:40:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Not moving your wrist sending CW ? > > Commercial operator Denice Stoops, KI6BBR, who has the distinction of > sending the final broadcast from San Francisco Radio [KPH] when > commercial CW shut down did so using a Vibroplex bug. Her technique > was a rolling motion of her forearm with little if any independent > finger movement. She made zero misteaks. It's the technique I remember > other commercial ops using in the 50's, and it's a technique I never learned. > I think it's a lot like how you hold a pencil when writing, Whatever > floats your boat. > > In this time of seclusion, and running out of stuff to watch on the > DVR, we watched a Titanic program on the Smithsonian channel on > Netflix. It turned out to be fairly superficial [I expected better > from the Smithsonian], and did not do credit to the role wireless > played in the disaster [the CW was from a code oscillator and did not > sound like the 5 KW synchronous spark TX in the other room]. Jack > Phillips was depicted sending with one finger on a somewhat J-38ish > looking key and sending Continental code while working Cape Race. If > memory serves me [often doesn't these days], ships in that era used > American Morse with North American stations. Again ... whatever works for you. > > 73, > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 3/28/2020 3:47 PM, Jim Danehy wrote: >> Well I have been sending CW for 70 years now. I am not the most accomplished >> Morse operator you will copy. But I wonder why someone would think it is >> improper procedure to move your wrist ? I have watched musicians play >> guitars and bass instruments. They all move their wrists. I am not a >> musician myself. But when I do send Morse I get into a rhythm like musicians >> do. With 70 years of experience I have evolved into a competent operator. >> >> Many years ago my XYL told me that I also send Morse with my vocal cords >> when i send CW. She noted that when serving me food during my contesting. >> She was correct. My speed might be higher than the average Morse operator. I >> started with a straight key in 1950. Went to a Vibroplex bug in 1954. Up >> Graded to an electronic keyer in 1966. During that 16 year period I always >> moved my wrist. I probably own two dozen keys and paddles. I don’t get over >> 35 wpm very often. But if I find that rare operator who can copy QRQ I can >> crank it up. I can send with either hand too. The one thing I do is not >> think about what I am doing. It is all reflexes. I am a member of several CW >> oriented clubs. The German High Speed operators are excellent users of >> Morse. Google that organization. >> >> To say that moving your wrist is incorrect procedure might appeal to some. >> Not me. By the way I decided years ago to put a paddle on the floor and use >> my foot. Really! That allowed me to use both hands. I have not done that for >> some years. I think I can still do that. using your feet: LF operating. In >> my case it was RF (right foot). That was just a challenge. It did take some >> practice. >> >> I sure beats some of these current modes which do not require any operator >> skill. >> >> 73 >> Jim >> W9VNE/VA3VNE >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
