[CW] Boxcar Morse - Mode A Mode B

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Dear MIKE !!!

"Whether Mode A or Mode B, I wouldn't give you a dollar for all the iambic
keyers you could load into a boxcar...."

I used to say the same thing.

If you've got broadband (or even if not) download this.  W1YT recorded it
around 1985 while I was on 40 meters,, about 1980 I was on a ship and I had
my 1939 Mac Deluxe sitting on the radio room desk (at night) when the darned
ship started rolling violently.  Before I could get from my rack (bed) to
the radio room, the Mac had hit the deck, and the pivot pin broke.  Aw S#!T.

The other Radio Officer only had a B*NCH*R  (the "B" word, similar to the
J-38 word) and an iambic keyer.

I was a SINGLE LEVER man born and bread, and I wasn't going to use "no
stinking dualie".

The stupid thing sent like it was possessed.  Satan on Skates sending CW is
what I sounded like.

Well, I might as well learn it - so I drew out a "chart" to show myself the
proper sequencing of key presses to send the code with minimum lever
presses.

Well, listen to the audio - when I got the tape, I thought it was me on a
iambic.  I am "spoon feeding" the W4 - sending with exagerated spacing so he
could copy.  I was on my Vibroplex Original which thereafter I took to sea,
leaving the more precious and valuable McElroy at home.

Oh, here is the file: ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/n1ea/N1EA%20on%20Vibroplex.mp3

73

DR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <mike_n4nt at charter.net>
To: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>


Whether Mode A or Mode B, I wouldn't give you a dollar for all the iambic
keyers you could load into a boxcar.

My mind / fingers never could adapt to it.  With iambic keys, there are 4
contact states to keep track of.  My mind quits working when numbers exceed
3.

Mike N4NT

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
To: <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>; <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] Morse Code for us slow pokes


> Ron sent me a question about Mode A and Mode B.  I think he didn't
> understand what I meant about why I recommend Mode A.  It is because Mode
A
> doesn't send a false element.
>
> Consider dual paddles:
>
> If you squeeze the keys together, dash first, you will get the IAMBIC -
> dash/dot/dash/dot.
>
>
> If you release both keys DURING the second DASH, you will get:
>
> Mode  A -  Nothing.
> Mode  B -  a dot
>
> If you release both keys DURING the second DIT, you will get:
>
> Mode  A - Nothing.
> Mode  B - a dash
>
> So to send a C in Mode A you would hold the keys until the start of the
last
> dot.  You will not get a false extra code element.
>
> To send a C in Mode B you would hold the keys until the start of the
second
> dash, the keyer will continue to send the opposite element after you let
go
> of the key.
>
> You can also "insert" a dot by releasing the dot lever, then while the
last
> dash is playing, tap the dot, and release before the dash finishes.  This
is
> called "dot insertation" or "dot memory".
>
> Mode A doesn't produce "extra" elements when your fingers aren't touching
> the key - you have to "tell" the key to send by touching it intentionally.
>
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