Aren't there actually two different keying types 'A' and 'B'?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa@usa.net>
To: <clive@gw3njw.fsworld.co.uk>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 01:57
Subject: Re: [Re: AW: [WriteLog] W5XD keyer control]
> Maybe what you are describing is what I used to call a lack of
"forgiveness"
> in certain keyers. One particular MFJ that I had made me think I had
> forgotten how to send with a paddle. Turns out, when I switched over to
one
> of the Logikey's (Idiom Press) I never had the problem again. Now I have
two
> Logikeys. For my sending style (I grew up with straight keys and bugs)
there
> are just some keyers which will not work for me due to the timing they
expect
> on the paddle(s). With the Logikey's for sure (maybe some others) I never
> have a problem.
>
> For your consideration...
>
> 73, Duane
>
> Clive Whelan <clive@gw3njw.fsworld.co.uk> wrote:
> Jim Brannigan wrote:
>
>
> > Now, after years of using twin paddles in "straight mode" I'm not sure I
> > could use a single paddle keyer.
> > Iambic keying has some advantages, but I wonder how many hams actually
use
> > it.
> >
>
>
>
> Your question is very relevant, and one which Wayne/W5XD will need to
> consider for future firmware updates ( will these be plug in replacements
I
> wonder- Wayne?). Inasmuch as there is a continuing market for single lever
> paddles, and yet no keyer that I know fails to offer iambic mode, I
suspect
> the answer might be a minority. We need a straw poll, and perhaps the good
> guys here will vote.
>
> and DL1EFD wrote
>
>
> > hmm, for me the possibility to switch off dot/dash memory is
> > more
> > important. I wonder who invented these in the first place
> > anyway.
> > You have to move your fingers even faster... Unfortunately
> > most
> > rigs internal keyer has these memories. I just can't get used
> > to
> > them.
>
>
> Hundertprozentig korrekt! Perhaps it is old age and numb fingers, or plain
> sloppiness but I also can't get used to the dot memory being permanently
on.
> W9TO in 196x with a Mercury wetted relay worked as well as anything since
> imo.
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
> gw3njw@gw7x.org
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>
>
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