I would use keyer memories more myself if that were the case. I use a bug or straight key 99% of the time and, recognizing that no hand key has the perfection of machine keying, I avoid the memories unless I also send on paddles. A significant number of Hams today rely on their CW decoders to receive. It's a disservice to us both to call on the keyer then suddenly switch to a bug or straight key that their decoder (or their gray matter) may not be able to read well.
To me, CW memories (and keyers too) are like using computer-generated artificial voices on 'phone. I bet the day comes when that's done a lot, especially in contests with automatic voice recognition and logging, but it won't be as nice to hear or as much fun to do for many operators. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I'm not completely adversed to that idea either. On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 08:25 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How about a keyer memory which would work with a straight key. It > would faithfully record straight key CW, preserving the > non-machinelike timing & spacing, _______________________________________________ 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
