[Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

[Bill W5WVO]

Well, lots of replies, both public and private. By overwhelming
preponderance, the opinion of the Elecraft community is...

AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! (retch, heave)

Just forget I brought it, please...  ;-)

Bill W5WVO


David Yarnes wrote:
> 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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