So do my keys, Cookie, Hi! It seems to me we're seeing a rapid bifurcation of 'CW' (Morse) operators.
There are those Morse operators who can send and read CW sent by hand or by keyer, and there are those who use Morse as an alternative digital mode to be encoded and decoded by machine just like PSK, RTTY, etc. For many of them, our bugs and straight keys are as useless for operating as their keyboards and displays are to us. We each have our own set of requirements. Their biggest challenge is acquiring and setting up the equipment to produce machine-quality Morse so their decoders can "read" the signals. Our biggest challenge is to teach our brains to do the work. Under ideal conditions they can move faster while we can adapt to a vastly wider variety of keying characteristics and conditions. Maybe the subject, "Keying ration.." instead of ratio is appropriate after all, Hi! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- My MESCO (Manhatten Electric Supply Company) Key built circla 1910 has infinite dit-dah space ratio control. Manual of course. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ --- On Fri, 4/17/09, dw <[email protected]> wrote: > From: dw <[email protected]> > Thanks Steve for mentioning this. > Its been one of my frustrations as a cw op. > I finally ended up programming my own PIC keyer in order to > get my last > rig (non elecraft) RF output right. > There are no manufactured keyers that provide separate > dit/dah/space > ratio control. ______________________________________________________________ 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
