Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-20 Thread dw
Thanks Vic, I should take a look at the Idiom Press devices. Can't hurt to have one more keyer ;^D On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:26 -0700, Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com wrote: dw wrote: Before rolling my own, I talked to one designer who provides updates for his keyer device. And he got all

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread dw
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. The Curtis chip ratio schema

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread WILLIS COOKE
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 bw...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: dw bw...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@flash.net To: Elecraft_List elecraft@mailman.qth.net; dw bw...@fastmail.fm Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control My MESCO (Manhatten Electric Supply Company) Key built

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread Vic K2VCO
dw wrote: Before rolling my own, I talked to one designer who provides updates for his keyer device. And he got all holier-than-thou on me when he understood that I wanted width control for all three elements. My last cw rig utilizes the Curtis weighting schema and the dits were too short

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread Wes Stewart
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com 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

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
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 n...@carolina.rr.com wrote: [snip] The best antenna for CW is a Windom. The dits and dahs automatically flow to the appropriate side of

Re: [Elecraft] keying ration control

2009-04-17 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
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