[TenTec] Keyers 'N Modes

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

Pat:

I totally agree, hand sending can be anything from near perfect to near
awful.  The latter is generally the case.  It takes a lot of practice and
skill to make a bug sound good.  The old railroad telegraph fellows usually
had 4 to 6 hours of practice/work per day.  They got pretty good from what
I'm told.  I have one of the vintage RR Vibroplex bugs of the 40's.  I
bought it from the estate of a RR telegrapher.  Now if I could just master
the critter.

In the mean time, I'll use the Vibroplex paddle on the Omni VI+.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M P Haynes" <k4beh at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Keyers 'N Modes


> Hi Bob,
>
> I agree with you on the hand pump but must admit that I use ASCII mode
> with my keyer, especially handling traffic or working Field Day!  Then
> again I have heard some absolutely awful CW sent with a bug on the
> Tennessee CW Net by a friend of mine who will remain anonymous!
>
> 73,
>
> Pat - K4BEH
>
> On Mon, 10 May 2004 12:47:02 -0500 Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX
> <RMcGraw at Blomand.Net> writes:
> > Real men use bugs and straight keys.  With those one doesn't need to
> > be
> > concerned with Iambic, Curtis, mode A or mode B.
> >
> > 73
> > K4TAX
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman at kimbanet.com>
> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> >
> >
> > > Ok, now for a stupid question....
> > >
> > > What is "mode A" and "mode B"??  I am not a newbie to ham radio
> > and I am
> > not
> > > an extra lite either... Been doing CW with iambic key & keyer for
> > almost
> > 20
> > > years now but never heard it called mode a or b....
> > >
> > > thanks for the info...
> > >
> > > Tom NJ1K
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
> > > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:45 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> > >
> > >
> > > > > had a Logikey and hated it. What is so appealing about them? I
> > learned
> > > > > to use Curtis mode B and the K3 only had mode A. I found
> > myself
> > > > making
> > > > > mistakes due to the timing difference.
> > > >
> > > > Just occurred to me -- you can get mode B out of the Logikey
> > keyers by
> > > > selecting AccuKeyer emulation.  The AccuKeyer is a mode B
> > keyer.
> > > >
> > > > My LogiKey CMOS-4 is the first of several keyers I've owned or
> > built
> > over
> > > > the years that didn't just end up on the back shelf in favor of
> > my
> > > original
> > > > ugly AccuKeyer.  The only MFJ I tried (a "Grand Master" or
> > something
> > > > like that back in the 80's) went back to the store the day after
> > I
> > bought
> > > it.
> > > >
> > > > It's all about what you're used to I guess.  An AccuKeyer with
> > auto
> > > > character spacing turned on is the "perfect" keyer for me.
> > Well, except
> > > > for the old beat up J-36 I've had since I was a kid :-)
> > > >
> > > > Grant/NQ5T
> > > >
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