NO- AFCW is NOT better, and if you use it, half your contacts with tell you they hear some audio getting into your keying. I used it a few times, early on, and that is the results. Remember, you also will be using SSB, versus continus wave keying signals, and thus outputting less RF signal. Stay away from it, if at all possible. I hadnt gotten that far with FLDIGI, but if it uses only AFCW, Im gone.
Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB All 2 years or more (except Novice). Short stints at: DA/PA/SU/HZ/7X/DU CR9/7Y/KH7/5A/GW/GM/F Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred, I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for those who do. Moderator DXandTALK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk Digital_modes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159 ----- Original Message ----- From: James French To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:43 PM Subject: [digitalradio] AFCW and keyed cw programs I have used a couple of programs for generating cw and have found that I prefer a 'direct' keyed method (MixW) compared to the AFCW that some programs use (FlDigi). Running Linux BTW here. Was wondering why some programs used direct keying of the radio and others have gone the AFCW method? Is there something that I am missing here that makes AFCW a better choice or is it just a program writer/designer choice? Doing AFCW just doesn't 'sound' right to me when I am doing cw compared to the 'old' method. Are there any linux distroed programs that will do the direct keyed method? I haven't found any yet..:( MixW crashes when I try to run it in WINE here. James W8ISS
