06-26-14 13:05 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Storage   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <53AC9A3B.635.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Greetings Ed!   
   Howdy! Roy,   
      
    EV>> GM Holger ... ._ __ ,   
      
    EV>>> __. ._. .. _.   
      
    EV>>   is easier written and read, hi.   
      
    RW>> --. is easier to read than __. = don't have to use the shift   
    RW>> key either.   
      
    RW>> Note the small space between the -- vs the non existant space   
    RW>> here __.   
      
   Thanks, I couldn't remember who wrote that to me while I was writing a   
   Reply to Holger.   
      
    RW>> .... .- ...- .  .-  -.. .- -.--  -.-.--   
      
    EV> I prefer using the Shifted Underscore Key because to me, using the   
    EV> Hyphen Key makes the Morse Characters looks like they are being sent   
    EV> with a Frequency-Shift Keyer for CW instead of turning the Oscillator   
    EV> On and Off with a Telegraph Key.   
      
    RW> In a printed medium such as this, the spacing is what makes or   
    RW> breaks your morse. i.e. your D reads like an R. __. vs --.   
    RW> where the latter shows enough of a space between Dahs to   
    RW> recognize the character.   
      
   D typed my way, _..  R. would look like, ._. .   
      
   Oh!, I think You meant "your G" instead "your D" above???   
      
    EV> . = Low Tone   
      
    RW> Dit - high tone   
      
    EV> - = High Tone   
      
    RW> Dah - low tone   
      
   I didn't know of a FSK CW Standard when I chose what Tone for the Morse   
   Code Elements.   
      
   I saw Your line of CW as a period being lower in elevation than the   
   hyphen was, so I assigned the Tones as they looked to me on my screen.   
      
    EV> I still would prefer using the J-38 Key with the Plastic Base   
    EV> reversed on the Key by removing the Two Screws, reversing the Base   
    EV> and re-fastening the Two Screws.   
      
    RW> I never used any speed aides, I was able to send faster than I   
    RW> could read with a regular key.   
      
   A J-38 Key is IIRC a Military Number for a Hand Key, I'm surprised that   
   You thought it was a "speed aid".   
      
   The Plastic? (Phenolic?, Bakelite?) Base the Key was mounted on allowed   
   the Knob on the Key Lever to extend over the operating table, instead   
   of over the Base, and to use the Key to send CW I would have to hold   
   the other end of the Key down so it wouldn't flip up and down when I   
   was sending CW.   
      
   I learned of a 'Tip' to reverse the Base so the Knob would be over some   
   of the Base and I wouldn't have to hold the Key down when I used it,   
   the 'Tip' IIRC was printed in a A.R.R.L. Book called "Hints and Kinks".   
      
    EV> I have a Vibroplex Bug too but found out I send better CW with the   
    EV> J-38 Key.   
      
    RW> I had a Vibroplex key, but gave it to somebody who had a better   
    RW> use for it than I did.   
      
   I thought of building an Accu-Keyer and getting a Key for it, but never   
   did.   
      
    EV> ... I just figured out PI to the seventy-fifth decimal place.   
      
    RW> PI are the last two letters of my original Advanced call. KB6PI   
      
    RW> ... Kissed By Six Pretty Indians   
      
   I've used Zero Intelligence Quotient, Washers Screws and Bolts and now   
   Old Dirty Rat (or Oldsmobile Dodge and Ramblers).   
   73   
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