[TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!

Dave Edwards kd2e at comcast.net
Tue Nov 22 07:51:37 EST 2005


I've heard that!   
CQ's sound like C T T A's
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!


> Oh man, don't get me started.  I was copying someone a few nights ago
> who had such a "swing" to their bug sending that it could not be copied,
> except by the station he was working.  The swingster was working someone
> using a keyer.  The difference between the two was like night and day
> with the latter sounding like well formed CW and the former being a
> string of very long dahs and super short dits.  Add some creative
> spacing between elements, chars and words and the signal was reduced
> from morse code to random intermittent-CW.
> 
> --...  ...--
> 
> Or by bug I get
> 
> --  ----  .. . ..  . --  -----
> 
> You be the judge :-)
> 
> (OK, for those who are a bit humor challenged, the above post is only
> half serious.  As it proceeds it transitions from fairly serious (on an
> admittedly non-serious topic) to rather tongue-in-cheek.  I apologize
> now for the offense I'm nearly sure this will cause ...)
> 
> - Keith KD1E -
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of TOM
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:44 PM
> To: TenTec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Sorta OT
> 
> And I beg to differ..... A bug is not a straight key, it is a monster
> that sends horrible cw by most users....
> 
> "CW it's still magic"
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