Well, lots of replies, both public and private. By overwhelming preponderance, the opinion of the Elecraft community is...
AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! (retch, heave) Just forget I brought it, please... ;-) Bill W5WVO David Yarnes wrote: > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[Elecraft]" <[email protected]> > 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" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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. > > Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq > > "Those who would give up > Essential Liberty to > purchase a little Temporary > Safety deserve neither > Liberty nor Safety" > > An excerpt from a letter > written in 1755 from the > Assembly to the Governor > of Pennsylvania. > > Support the entire Constitution, not > just the parts you like. > > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] 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
