Ha, ha... computer spell check at work: "immolated".
Sending on a bug is quite different from sending on a paddle + keyer.
The op needs to be more physical with a bug in order to inject kinetic
energy into the mechanism. Setting it up like a paddle and trying to
work it with fingers only will not go very well.
As for copying, there is nothing worse than words run together in
combination with pauses in the middle of words-- probably at least as
common with paddles as bugs. Any sending variations other than that are
merely "accents". (Admittedly, there is no accent with paddle + keyer--
only mistakes.)
73,
Drew
AF2Z
On 03/29/20 17:16, [email protected] wrote:
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
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