[Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

[David Yarnes]

In my view, the so called "bug swing" is anything but 
"nice"!  Why anyone would try to send anything but correctly 
formed code characters is beyond me!

Dave W7AQK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Childers, N5GE" <n5ge at n5ge.com>
To: "[Elecraft]" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?


On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:23 -0600, "Bill W5WVO" 
<w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

>I got used to this feature on the TS-2000. You can set 
>"dash/dot ratio" to a number less than or greater than 3.0 
>(where 3.0 is the default standard -- i.e., the dash is 
>three times the length of the dot). After experimenting, I 
>set mine to 3.7, which gave the transmitted CW a nice 
>little bug-like "swing". At first, I thought this was what 
>the K3's "CW weight" parameter was for, but I immediately 
>discovered that wasn't the case. Would any of you other CW 
>guys out there use such an adjustment in the K3 if it were 
>implemented? I find that's how I naturally want to send, 
>probably a holdover from my bug days years ago.
>
>Bill W5WVO
[snip]

I would never use it.

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