Darwin, Keith wrote:
Extra space between
letters is your friend. I'd rather work a clean fist at 10 wpm then a
string of seemingly random dots & dashes at 20 wpm.
This isn't just a bug problem! I hear plenty of keyer-generated CW in
which letter and word spacing is inadequate.
Some old-timers may remember the "banana-boat swing" in which a bug is
adjusted to produce very fast dits relative to the sending speed. The
operator usually sends more dits than necessary, although I think there
is some relationship between the number of dits sent and the number
required. Well, this is *easier* to copy than CW with lousy spacing!
To forestall the inevitable comments, yes I know that the banana boat
swing differs from the Lake Erie swing, in which the proper quantity of
dits is used.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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