Re: OT CW feature: Swing?
Posted by
WILLIS COOKE on
Jul 01, 2008; 3:11pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/CW-feature-Swing-tp365872p365883.html
--- john petters <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Thom LaCosta wrote:
> > At 11:16 PM 06/30/08, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote:
> >
> >> >CW-swing is related to music.
> >>
> >> No it isn't. It's related a person with a poor
> fist that cannot
> >> control the
> >> length of the dashes to match the dots they are
> sending. It has
> >> nothing to do
> >> with music; It has to do with reliable
> communication. I believe most
> >> bug users
> >> who tout the Mississippi Swing should QLF.
>
> As pro Swing drummer I would say its a pity there is
> not a bit more
> swing to many of the CW stations I copy. Many
> straight and bug operators
> were recognisable by their 'fist'. Too many today
> use keyers that are
> set too fast or have no rhythmic sense at all,
> running characters
> together, which makes it very hard to copy.
> Perhaps Elecraft could come up with QSD correcter.
> 73
> John G3YPZ www.traditional-jazz.com
> _______________________________________________
For those who agree with John, you should join us in
the SKCC in using hand pumps and bugs on a regular
basis. Trying to make an electronic key sound like a
straight key or a bug sounds like an exercise in
futility to me. The operator needs to have continuous
input to have a unique fist. Changing the keyer will
just sound like you changed the keyer.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
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