The first time I heard the term was from a fellow who used to work on the
Ohio-Penn railway. He said I sounded like a CW op he used to know... and
guess what? My Dad used to work on the Ohio-Penn after WWII. My Dad was a
radioman in the Pacific and after he came back was a telegrapher for the RR.
Maybe it has to do with the accent we have, those of us who hail from the
Tr-State area, PA, OH and either WV or MD. We ** DO ** have a similar
way of talking.
Perhaps the way we talk influences our kind of drawl on the bug?
Dunno, but I never actually heard CW from my Dad, he went SK before I got my
license.
BTW My Dah's are a bit longer than the "normal" 3:1 computer generated code.
And sometimes I'll add some extra dits in there.
For example, the word:
DaaaH,
Diddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-iddle iddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-iddle,
Dit
Is still the word "The."
PEACE
Scott / W4PJ
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ynkedragon@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] real CW ops
> In a message dated 04/07/2005 17:05:36 Eastern Daylight Time,
> reed_ww3a@alltel.net writes:
>
> << I have heard of that term "Lake Erie Swing" for many years, and never
> heard an
> actual definition. What sending characteristics constitute a "Lake Erie
> Swing", and does anyone know the origin of the term? >>
>
> I was told by an "old timer" that a Lake Erie swing was CW sent with a
> (noticeably) shorter than 3:1 dash-dot ratio, i.e., 2:1. Supposedly some
of the
> ship-board sparks operators aboard Great Lakes iron & grain boats sent CW
this
> way. I've heard CW sent this way, and find it rather difficult to copy .
>
> If anyone has a better explanation, feel free to correct me.
>
> 73, Blair K3YD
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