[TenTec] Re: Weight vs Ratio

[Charles W. Shaw]

>The writer of the original message was mistaken.  On the OMNI-VI it is the
>weight that is being varied not the ratio of dots to dashes. 

1.  I think I am who is being referred to--I didn't keep a copy of what I
wrote to the individual.
2.  The Omni VI book calls it "weight" and mentions dot to dash ratio.  I
think their writer was mistaken.
3.  If I used the term "ratio" when I said my indicator read 1.10 (110%), I
intended to indicate the ratio of a "dot" to the "space" between adjacent
dots.  I agree that this is what we would normally call "Weighting".
4.  I am assuming that despite what their book says--the ratio of dots to
dashes in the Omni VI is (more or less) fixed at 1:3.  I'm not going to
experiment to find out.
5.  We are now dealing more with semantics than CW.






73, Charles

Charles W. Shaw, N5UL
Hobbs, NM (near the SE corner)
<n5ul@wtaccess.com> 

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