Posted by
w7aqk on
Jun 28, 2008; 2:25pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/CW-feature-Swing-tp365872p365874.html
In my view, the so called "bug swing" is anything but
"nice"! Why anyone would try to send anything but correctly
formed code characters is beyond me!
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Childers, N5GE" <
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To: "[Elecraft]" <
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Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:23 -0600, "Bill W5WVO"
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>I got used to this feature on the TS-2000. You can set
>"dash/dot ratio" to a number less than or greater than 3.0
>(where 3.0 is the default standard -- i.e., the dash is
>three times the length of the dot). After experimenting, I
>set mine to 3.7, which gave the transmitted CW a nice
>little bug-like "swing". At first, I thought this was what
>the K3's "CW weight" parameter was for, but I immediately
>discovered that wasn't the case. Would any of you other CW
>guys out there use such an adjustment in the K3 if it were
>implemented? I find that's how I naturally want to send,
>probably a holdover from my bug days years ago.
>
>Bill W5WVO
[snip]
I would never use it.
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