Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang
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Doug -
My problem, (or at least THIS problem,) with the iambic keying,
(actually dot/dash memory,) is that I learned on a homebrew keyer back
in 1957! The circuit was printed in QST for December 1954.
This keyer, when used with a dual or iambic style paddle, sends
self-completing dots on a left closure, dashes on a right closure, and
dashes when squeezed. Called "dash override" in some circles. The 9TO
and Hallicrafter's HA-1 (same circuit) worked the same way. NO dot or
dash memories, no sticking in "extra" elements, and certainly NO
alternating dots and dashes!! I had a work-study student working for me
in the 70's who insisted that "iambic" took fewer keystrokes with a dual
paddle than "dash override". He went through the entire alphabet,
punctuation and numbers and determined that the two methods were almost
identical in number of keystrokes.
To send a "W", you squeeze the paddles, hitting the dot side
fractionally before the dash. Same for a "J" or a "1", just hold it
squeezed a little longer. I can send cleanly at about 45-50 wpm with
decent paddles. You can imagine what happens when I try to use a keyer
with dot and/or dash memories! With an iambic keyer, I can't even send
my call!! It comes out K4O-R-H every time because the stupid keyer
insists on sticking in that extra dot on the "A" !! :-)
I've managed to retrain myself to live with the V9 setting on the
LogiKey, using the squeeze only for "periods", but I still like the HA-1
best!
I thought it was hard to switch between a keyer and a bug! The first
minute or so on the bug I find myself waiting for the dashes to repeat,
but the never do.
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 4-B & C-Line Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Doug Smith wrote:
Doug Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang
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On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 23:36 -0400, Garey Barrell wrote:
Personally I use the CMOS-4 from Idiom because it's one of the few
that
I can turn off that stupid iambic junk that will drive any bug user
crazy! :-)
I didn't know that! I had to drag out the manual and check it out.
I used to be able to send good code with my W9TO keyer but bought a new
Nye keyer in the mid-1980s along with a Bencher Iambic key. I never
learned how to use iambic mode and don't care about it. However, I did
become accustomed to the dot and dash memory and now I can hardly send
without it -- especially below 25 wpm or so.. So, the TO keyer is not
getting much use anymore. (But it looks *so* good with the Drake
4-Line!)
The Nye and the CMOS-4 both have dot / dash memory and the memory
function works even with a non-iambic key.
With an iambic key connected to the CMOS-4, I don't find *any* mode that
is not iambic capable. What V mode are you using? Are you running V9
with no dot/dash memory?
And, more generally, what is the difference between Curtis, Accukeyer
and Logikey modes? I've tried the various modes now and other than dot
and dash memory options I don't see much difference. Man, I've been
pounding brass since '65 and I've got a lot to learn!
73,
-Doug, W7KF
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