I agree with that: "Real men use bugs and straight keys." BUT REAL hams use
keyboards at >80wpm!!
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:47 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Keyers 'N Modes
> Real men use bugs and straight keys. With those one doesn't need to be
> concerned with Iambic, Curtis, mode A or mode B.
>
> 73
> K4TAX
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman@kimbanet.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
>
>
> > Ok, now for a stupid question....
> >
> > What is "mode A" and "mode B"?? I am not a newbie to ham radio and I am
> not
> > an extra lite either... Been doing CW with iambic key & keyer for almost
> 20
> > years now but never heard it called mode a or b....
> >
> > thanks for the info...
> >
> > Tom NJ1K
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> >
> >
> > > > had a Logikey and hated it. What is so appealing about them? I
learned
> > > > to use Curtis mode B and the K3 only had mode A. I found myself
> > > making
> > > > mistakes due to the timing difference.
> > >
> > > Just occurred to me -- you can get mode B out of the Logikey keyers by
> > > selecting AccuKeyer emulation. The AccuKeyer is a mode B keyer.
> > >
> > > My LogiKey CMOS-4 is the first of several keyers I've owned or built
> over
> > > the years that didn't just end up on the back shelf in favor of my
> > original
> > > ugly AccuKeyer. The only MFJ I tried (a "Grand Master" or something
> > > like that back in the 80's) went back to the store the day after I
> bought
> > it.
> > >
> > > It's all about what you're used to I guess. An AccuKeyer with auto
> > > character spacing turned on is the "perfect" keyer for me. Well,
except
> > > for the old beat up J-36 I've had since I was a kid :-)
> > >
> > > Grant/NQ5T
> > >
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