[TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!

[Dave Edwards]

I think if it is "difficult for you or someone else to copy..." DOES make it 
bad.
I think the idea is to be ABLE to copy the sent code.

....Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Martin W4FOA" <w4foa at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!


> Hey Guys,
> I just have to add my two cents which of course is my personal 
> opinion....as
> are the other comments.  I'm a CW op, first and foremost, and to me a
> "swing" on a bug or even better yet a good "cootie" operator is absolutely
> music to my ears.  It is one of the only ways one can add a little 
> personal
> touch or feeling to CW...
>
> I'd just like to offer this....just because it is difficult for you or
> someone else to copy, doesn't make it bad or good.  I guess in a perfect
> world it would be preferable for us all to send perfect code but to me one
> of the most dreaded things on CW today is the "keyboard generated" CW.
> Keyboard CW sort of reminds me of eating a "Soybean" hamburger with 
> hothouse
> tomatoes and lettuce, with salt substitute and sugar free ketchup and no
> mustard.
>
> Just my opinion....and guess it really doesn't belong on the TT
> reflector...my apologies.
>
> Tony, W4FOA
>
> ----- 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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