[Elecraft] SKN / Bug - Just one request.

[Jessie Oberreuter]

      Oh!  And Sad Drake mode that makes the tone "whoope!".  I nearly fell 
out of my chair laughing the first time I heard that sound!

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Thom R LaCosta wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Now that strikes me a worthwhile addition to the K2 keyer....an option for 
> which swing you want.
>
> Another one might be a seperate weighting factor for the dashes....you know
> Dahhhhhhhhhdidahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhdi  dahhhhhhhhhhhh dahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dit 
> dahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>
> I tried to do it with the K2...very frustrating indeed.
>
> 73,Thom-k3hrn
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