Guys, I have exact screen shots of ALL of this timing, as viewed on an
analyzer, showing the Key timing, Amp Key timing, and the actual RF wave.
I am reluctant to post it on my web site until I can remember who it was
that sent them to me. :-(
I think it was either Rob Sherwood, John Henry, Jack Burchfield, or possibly
Bob McGraw.
These are the guys I was discussing this with last year.
My hunch is Rob Sherwood. I'll ask him. If I get an OK, I'll upload it to
my Ten-Tec Stuff on my web site.
Jim, I suffer from the same problem as you, possibly worse.
I can copy contest CW up to 40 wpm and a little more - especially after the
first few hours, but I'm so darn rusty at manually keying that I am much
more comfortable around 28 to 30 wpm.
Jim, here's what helps:
Last year in CQWW, due to all the skimmer traffic, my computer was so flakey
that it was transmitting incoherent CW. It was basically useless. I must
have sounded like a LID.
After wasting about an hour thinking it was RF in the shack and trying
filters and such, I gave up and began sending every QSO manually.
In the beginning I probably sounded like a 2nd month Novice.
By the end of the contest, after 1,300 QSOs, I was beginning to get the hang
of it again! ;-)
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
You're right, Carl. And Bob and Rick. The funny thing is that I used to
think that was how they worked, but I was told by someone who I thought
should have known that I was wrong, and I believed him!
Anyway, a good discussion, and I learned something. BTW -- I just exchanged
email with Wayne Burdick, designer of the Elecraft rigs, and he confirmed
that his rigs work that way too. He also told me that the jitter in the
delay can cause it to not sound good at 100 wpm. I assured him that I'd
never get there. :) I contest at 28-33, the brain reads it, but the computer
sends it. My fist, which used to be pretty good, is now pretty sad.
73, Jim K9YC
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