[TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

Right.  How dare that OT with arthritis get on the air to talk with his 
friends.  How dare that lady who had a stroke get on the air at all.  Their 
CW isn't acceptable to you, the judge of the airwaves.  They have no right.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Edwards" <kd2e at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bug = truly bad CW!


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 -