[CW] CW re: 3rd finger..]

[George Maurer]

Mike,
Good thought, perhaps someone will learn to send directly in Ascii.
Cheers,
George k6ite

On 20 Aug Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:

> You said: I can think of no practical use for this in Ham Radio. Any ideas?
> 
> Yes.  A single-lever key has three contact states.  A dual-lever key has
> four contact states and some think it is easier to use.  These same people
> might want to put contacts on each fingertip and have an even greater number of
> contact states.  Ultimately one could send absolutely effortlessly with an
> infinite number of contact states...
> 
> Mike N4NT
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Maurer" <kiteman at vom.com>
> To: "CW" <CW at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [CW] CW re: 3rd finger..]
> 
> Scott,
> One - touch thumb to little finger - 1 binary
> Two - touch thumb to ring finger - 10 binary
> Three - touch thumb to little and ring fingers - 11 binary
> Four - touch thumb to middle finger - 100 binary
> Five - touch thumb to little and middle fingers - 101 binary
> Six - touch thumb to ring and middle fingers - 110 binary
> Seven - touch thumb to little, ring and middle fingers - 111 binary
> Eight - touch thumb to index finger - 1000 binary
> Continue pattern for nine through fourteen - 1001 through 1110 binary
> Fifteen - touch thumb to little, ring, middle and index fingers - 1111
> binary
> Sixteen - thumb is 10000, but don't forget that later!
> Seventeen - touch thumb to little finger - 10001 binary
> And so on, for as many "thumbs" as you want.
> Or use both hands to get to 255 decimal, 1111 1111 binary.
> Whew! I hope you really wanted to know how I do that.
> 
> With practice you would be able to do this without thinking
> about it, and, by keeping your thumb and fingers in contact,
> you can check, or continue, your count later.
> 
> I used this system when I needed to do head counts, while I moved
> through several different areas, and where I often had to stop for
> several minutes at a time to exchange information with co-workers.
> It worked fine for me, others preferred to "remember" or carry pen
> and note book. Of course, you have one hand dedicated to the count,
> not a secure system, if you need both hands during an emergency.
> 
> I can think of no practical use for this in Ham Radio. Any ideas?
> 73,
> George k6ite
> 
> On 20 Aug 2004 at 16:32, N8VCL wrote:
> 
> > George Maurer wrote:
> >
> > >Using the thumb to mark my count on the four fingers, until I arrive
> > >at 15, then naming the thumb 16, is the method of my one handed binary
> count.
> > >
> > >
> > How do you do that?
> > Scott