[Elecraft] [K3] CW feature: Swing?

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:02:38 +0200, "Arie Kleingeld PA3A" <pa3a at hccnet.nl>
wrote:

>CW-swing is related to music.

No it isn't.  It's related a person with a poor fist that cannot control the
length of the dashes to match the dots they are sending.  It has nothing to do
with music; It has to do with reliable communication.  I believe most bug users
who tout the Mississippi Swing should QLF.

> Timing is so important.

That is correct.  A Dash has three times the length of three dots, no more, no
less.  Even Beethoven knew that, as shown in his fifth symphony.


>
>Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra are still famous for their timing.
>A 1-2-3-4 march has a steady beat. But have you ever heard the Saint
>Louis Blues March?
>Lots of examples...

None of your examples were CW operators and probably didn't even know what it
was...

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