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|    Message 687 of 2,531    |
|    Roy Witt to Ed Vance    |
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|    01 Jul 14 13:08:34    |
      Greetings Ed!               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.               EV> D typed my way, _.. R. would look like, ._. .              (slaps forhead)              -.. is a D, .-. is an R...(memory lapse is my excuse)               EV> Oh!, I think You meant "your G" instead "your D" above???              -.. . .-. --- -.-- - .... .. ... .. ... .- --. (G).                      EV>> . = Low Tone               RW>> Dit - high tone               EV>> - = High Tone               RW>> Dah - low tone               EV> I didn't know of a FSK CW Standard when I chose what Tone for the        EV> Morse Code Elements.               EV> I saw Your line of CW as a period being lower in elevation than the        EV> hyphen was, so I assigned the Tones as they looked to me on my        EV> screen.              I used the way they would sound vs what they looked like.               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.               EV> A J-38 Key is IIRC a Military Number for a Hand Key, I'm surprised        EV> that You thought it was a "speed aid".              I no longer have a key, but I do remember the military type of key, which       is what I used, exclusively.               EV> The Plastic? (Phenolic?, Bakelite?) Base the Key was mounted on        EV> allowed the Knob on the Key Lever to extend over the operating table,        EV> instead of over the Base, and to use the Key to send CW I would have        EV> to hold the other end of the Key down so it wouldn't flip up and down        EV> when I was sending CW.              I fixed that problem by mounting the key to a 1/2" thick brass plate with       rubber feet.               EV> I learned of a 'Tip' to reverse the Base so the Knob would be over        EV> some of the Base and I wouldn't have to hold the Key down when I used        EV> it, the 'Tip' IIRC was printed in a A.R.R.L. Book called "Hints and        EV> Kinks".              You could have done as I did, but instead use old wheel weights (lead and       antimony) to make yourself a mounting plate.               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.               EV> I thought of building an Accu-Keyer and getting a Key for it, but        EV> 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               EV> I've used Zero Intelligence Quotient, Washers Screws and Bolts and        EV> now Old Dirty Rat (or Oldsmobile Dodge and Ramblers). 73              WN6ABE - ?       WD6DOI - Washed Down 6 Dirty Old Indian (and more)       N6AGT - Number 6 After Giving Two       K6RXT - see next       K5RXT - King 5 Really Xtra Terrific               Have a day!               R\%/itt - K5RXT              --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012       --- D'Bridge 3.99        * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)    |
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