Keying with the left foot will have the same pole changing effect. On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> > > --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Steve Ellington <[email protected]> wrote: > [snip] > > The best antenna for CW is a Windom. The dits and dahs >> automatically >> flow to the appropriate side of the feedpoint which insures >> proper >> transmission ratio. Just be certain your Windom is fed at >> the 1/3 point. If >> both receiving and transmitting stations are using Windoms, >> fading is >> virtually eliminated. > > Only true if the two antennas are parallel to each other with the > respective side lengths matched. Otherwise there will be cross- > polarization loss, which in theory is infinite, but in practice can > be 20 dB or more. > > In this case I use the same solution that was used by old Western > Union telegraphers. This is a "Pole Changing" key that inverts the > characters, so dots became character spaces and dashes became > letter spaces, and vice versa. > > If both stations are in the same hemisphere, the receiving operator > will have to stand on his head if he's copying by ear, but modern > decoding software can handle this nicely. (Perhaps this option can > be "put on the list" at Elecraft.) If the stations are located in > opposite hemispheres, this is unnecessary. > > My key, was made by J.H.Bunnell and given to me when I was a kid, > by a guy who had actually used it at W.U. > > http://chss.montclair.edu/~pererat/1458.jpg (Mine is in much better > shape) > > What a marriage; a 20th Century ham keying a 21st Century radio > with a 19th Century key and technology. > > Wes Stewart N7WS > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
