It's a matter of feel and what you get used to. I first started using iambic
keying back in the mid 1970's. At first I practiced with a local oscillator
for hours on end sending groups of iambic characters, the alphabet and "The
Quick Brown Fox..." over and over again thousands of times until it became
natural. Now it is natural and I'm pretty sure I do use dot/dash memories.
For example when I send the letter "K", I press the dash side and hold it,
then tap the dot side any time after the first dash starts and continue to
hold down the dash side until the second dash starts. Out comes a "K" and I
have almost assuredly used the dot memory. I could detail the action for
each and every character but you guys would get bored. It's not hard to
figure out it just takes time and practice to train yourself to do it
without thinking about it. Today I use Iambic B, whatever that is, just
don't change it on me or I'll have to retrain myself all over again - Hi Hi
----
73, Rich - W3ZJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carsten Steinhöfel
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:36 PM
> To: Gary Breed; writelog@contesting.com; clive@gw3njw.fsworld.co.uk
> Subject: AW: [WriteLog] W5XD keyer control]
>
>
> To make it clear, I cannot key without squeeze (iambic) keying
> either.
>
> What I want is the possibility to switch off dot/dash memories.
> Actually both Mode A and B have dot/dash memories, i.e. if the
> dot paddle is pressed while a dash is sent or the other way
> around, a dot (dash) will follow after the dash (dot). The
> difference between Mode A and B comes out only when releasing
> both paddles like in the graphics on the webpage
> http://www.qsl.net/ok1rr/curtisa_b.html
>
> On my ARRL Super Keyer II compatible (ETM9C), I use Time
> Pattern V9 (Iambic timing with no dot or dash memory), the other
> options are: Super Keyer or Accukeyer or Curtis "A", each with
> dot and dash memory or dash memory only or dot memory only.
>
> I hope this is somewhat clear. We had a somewhat lengthy
> discussion about this on the AGCW-DL reflector some time ago.
> Consensus between most QRQ Ops was that nobody uses dot/dash
> memories.
>
> Sorry for the bandwidth somewhat off topic.
>
> 73 Carsten DL1EFD
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]Im Auftrag von Gary Breed
> Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2001 18:26
> An: writelog@contesting.com
> Betreff: Re: [WriteLog] W5XD keyer control]
>
>
> Iambic keying, like Windows, is one of today's de-facto standards.
>
> Rather than making his keyer backwards-compatible with techniques
> of the past, my vote is for Wayne to spend his time working on
> enhanced features for Writelog. (Like LPT port support for higher
> versions of Windows so I can upgrade and still use my custom SO2R
> interface box!)
>
> We old dogs can learn new tricks. I was licensed in 1961, never
> had a bug, but built a single-paddle keyer in 1970. I discovered dot
> memory and dual paddles around 1980 and thought I was in CW
> heaven. Taking on iambic keying in 1985 was less fun, and I still
> don't use full iambic capability. But I can go to a M/S, M/M, or
> Field Day, grab anyone's paddle and send CW -- that's the value
> of standardization.
>
> 73, Gary
> K9AY
>
>
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