Hey Guys,
I just have to add my two cents which of course is my personal opinion....as
are the other comments. I'm a CW op, first and foremost, and to me a
"swing" on a bug or even better yet a good "cootie" operator is absolutely
music to my ears. It is one of the only ways one can add a little personal
touch or feeling to CW...
I'd just like to offer this....just because it is difficult for you or
someone else to copy, doesn't make it bad or good. I guess in a perfect
world it would be preferable for us all to send perfect code but to me one
of the most dreaded things on CW today is the "keyboard generated" CW.
Keyboard CW sort of reminds me of eating a "Soybean" hamburger with hothouse
tomatoes and lettuce, with salt substitute and sugar free ketchup and no
mustard.
Just my opinion....and guess it really doesn't belong on the TT
reflector...my apologies.
Tony, W4FOA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin@goodrich.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!
> Oh man, don't get me started. I was copying someone a few nights ago
> who had such a "swing" to their bug sending that it could not be copied,
> except by the station he was working. The swingster was working someone
> using a keyer. The difference between the two was like night and day
> with the latter sounding like well formed CW and the former being a
> string of very long dahs and super short dits. Add some creative
> spacing between elements, chars and words and the signal was reduced
> from morse code to random intermittent-CW.
>
> --... ...--
>
> Or by bug I get
>
> -- ---- .. . .. . -- -----
>
> You be the judge :-)
>
> (OK, for those who are a bit humor challenged, the above post is only
> half serious. As it proceeds it transitions from fairly serious (on an
> admittedly non-serious topic) to rather tongue-in-cheek. I apologize
> now for the offense I'm nearly sure this will cause ...)
>
> - Keith KD1E -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of TOM
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:44 PM
> To: TenTec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Sorta OT
>
> And I beg to differ..... A bug is not a straight key, it is a monster
> that sends horrible cw by most users....
>
> "CW it's still magic"
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