Ben,
Some keyers will let you vary the speed within a "memory" text and that is
what is happening. My AEA MM3 keyer will let you do that, as will numerous
others I'm sure. Since, with few exceptions, the signal report is always
599, that is typically the part of the exchange that is "revved up".
73
Tony, W4FOA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben K8DIT" <benk8dit@serv.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI 6+ and Iambic (Different issues)
> I have a question for the group.
>
> Listening to QRQ from time to time I notice that many ops speed up
briefly,
> especially when sending 599, then slow back down. How is this done? One
> notices it more in pileups and/or contests, but is also heard in regular
> qsos from time to time.
> My guess is that its a memory button on a keyer, is this correct? But it
> sounds seemless and one would think that the sender would mistake one
memory
> button for another from time to time. So straighten me out here. If you
> turned the speed up on any keyer you would overshoot the speed and send
> gibberish, but whenever you hear the sudden speedup, it seems smooth and
> very nice.
>
>
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