[TenTec] Class A

n4dsp n4dsp at triad.rr.com
Tue Jan 9 09:13:58 EST 2007


Dennis,
we all know what the original poster, Grant, meant!

john-n4dsp


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:47 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Class A


> In my worthless opinion, keyboard CW isn't "CW".  It may sound like CW, it
> may meet the international definition of CW as an emission type, but it's
> nothing more than some schmuck typing on a keyboard.
> *******************************************************************
>
>  Hmm, so how is he reading the CW - computer or ears?
>  This could open a whole new can of worms... If keyboard generated CW 
> isn't real CW, then is keyer paddle CW real CW?  Or is only CW generated 
> by my pounding on a straight key CW?
>  And if only brass pounding is real CW, then maybe only sparks flying off 
> the key from a rotary spark gap is the only "real" CW... <cept spark is 
> not continuous wave, hmmmm>  Questions, questions...



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