Bob et al, To be appreciated, CW is not the two sounds of code elements or even the twenty-six (plus numbers, punctuation and prosigns) of the alphabet, but an endless array of words and phrases which are distinctive sounds in and of themselves. I would suggest that if learned at a decent speed (18 WPM or more) then each will have a distinct sound which can be more effectively copied than individual characters. I am in the process of converting myself from a letter copier to a word or phrase copier and it seems to be worthwhile, however challenging to accomplish. I wished I had learned this method forty years ago! I would be conversational above 35 WPM instead of struggling at 18! :-)
Thanks & 73, Gordon Beattie, W2TTT 201.314.6964 -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bob Logan Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:38 AM To: Steven Hess Cc: FlexRadio reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 using External Transmitter for AM I disagree. There are 26 sounds in the alphabet, only 2 in code. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Steven Hess <flameb...@gmail.com> wrote: > CW is overly complicated. Plain text is always good. > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Bob Logan <bob.loga...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> -. . .- - .. -.. . .- --..-- - .. -- >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Tim McDonough N9PUZ <tim.n9...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Maybe we could invent a protocol where letters were represented by short >> and long bursts of a carrier sent by opening and closing a simple switch of >> some sort. Oh, wait... >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> Tim N9PUZ >>> >>> On 1/2/2012 2:43 PM, Burt wrote: >>>> You can use a computer generated voice and you won't even have to speak >> (sounds not all that different from SSB). Why don't you advise broadcast >> stations they can use SSB? AM sounds natural even if it is less efficent. >>>> You can take your vitamins in a pill (AKA SSB) or eat them (AM), >>>> Burt >>>> >>>>> From: Brian Lloyd<brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> >>>>> To me also. I cannot imagine why someone would run AM at >>>>> all because one >>>>> can do precisely the same thing using SSB at 1/8 the power >>>>> and 1/2 the >>>>> bandwidth. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >>> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >>> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flexradio.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flexradio.com/ >> > > > > -- > ____________ > Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 > Skype user flamebait Cell 661 487 0357 (Facetime) > Google Voice 661 769 6201 > openSUSE Linux 11.4 > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
