[Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.
Hey guys, I believe SKN is a straight key event. I also know folks will use bugs rather than straight keys. I have but one request. Well two actually: 1. Please send cleanly as far as your are able. If you mean to send santa don't send sank. QRS and send clean. Extra space between letters is your friend. I'd rather work a clean fist at 10 wpm then a string of seemingly random dots dashes at 20 wpm. 2. Please, HAVE FUN! Enjoy the time you spend. If you can only honor one of these requests, make it the 2nd please. 73! - Keith KD1E - ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.
Darwin, Keith wrote: Extra space between letters is your friend. I'd rather work a clean fist at 10 wpm then a string of seemingly random dots dashes at 20 wpm. This isn't just a bug problem! I hear plenty of keyer-generated CW in which letter and word spacing is inadequate. Some old-timers may remember the banana-boat swing in which a bug is adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there is some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number required. Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing! To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat swing differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of dits is used. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote: Some old-timers may remember the banana-boat swing in which a bug is adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there is some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number required. Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing! To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat swing differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of dits is used. Now that strikes me a worthwhile addition to the K2 keyeran option for which swing you want. Another one might be a seperate weighting factor for the dashesyou know Dahdidahhhdi da dahhh dit dahh I tried to do it with the K2...very frustrating indeed. 73,Thom-k3hrn www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page,Drake Web Ring, Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel, Drake IRC Channel, Elecraft Owners Database www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.
Oh! And Sad Drake mode that makes the tone whoope!. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing the first time I heard that sound! On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Thom R LaCosta wrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote: Some old-timers may remember the banana-boat swing in which a bug is adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there is some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number required. Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing! To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat swing differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of dits is used. Now that strikes me a worthwhile addition to the K2 keyeran option for which swing you want. Another one might be a seperate weighting factor for the dashesyou know Dahdidahhhdi da dahhh dit dahh I tried to do it with the K2...very frustrating indeed. 73,Thom-k3hrn www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page,Drake Web Ring, Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel, Drake IRC Channel, Elecraft Owners Database www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.
If you have a squeeze key you can wire the dash paddle through 2 diodes to the tip and the ring of the phone plug and leave the dot paddle to the dot line. You can then emulate a bug on the K2 if you have it set for auto-key-detect. I haven't tried it...I was never very good with a bug above 15WPM. Tom K2TA - Original Message - From: Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request. On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote: Some old-timers may remember the banana-boat swing in which a bug is adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there is some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number required. Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing! To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat swing differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of dits is used. Now that strikes me a worthwhile addition to the K2 keyeran option for which swing you want. Another one might be a seperate weighting factor for the dashesyou know Dahdidahhhdi da dahhh dit dahh I tried to do it with the K2...very frustrating indeed. 73,Thom-k3hrn www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring, Drakelist home page,Drake Web Ring, Free Classified Ads for amateur radio, QRP IRC channel, Drake IRC Channel, Elecraft Owners Database www.tlchost.net/hosting/ *** Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month ___ 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 ___ 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
