[Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.

[Vic K2VCO]

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.

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco