Topband: CW rhythm, swing, speed

Guy Olinger K2AV k2av.guy at gmail.com
Sun Jun 25 17:32:03 EDT 2023


I always liked W4KFC on a bug. It was very recognizable, but it was not
excessive. Like watching someone walk who has added just a hint of dance
steps.

73, Guy K2AV

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:42 AM Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 5:42 AM Michael Rutkaus <mrutkaus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ... most of the time
> > had a friendly "swing" to his sending, it sounded like a casual friendly
> > conversation.  And Kay's CW was friendly and precise.
> >
>
> Sounds like he had a Vibroplex "bug"? Reading back through old QSTs in the
> monthly letters column, many correspondents strongly disliked that swing. I
> didn't care one way or the other; however, I always tried to send
> electronic keyer quality CW.  :-)
>
> 73 Mike
> W0BTU
>
> >
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