[Elecraft] keying ration control

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

So do my keys, Cookie, Hi!

It seems to me we're seeing a rapid bifurcation of 'CW' (Morse) operators.

There are those Morse operators who can send and read CW sent by hand or by
keyer, and there are those who use Morse as an alternative digital mode to
be encoded and decoded by machine just like PSK, RTTY, etc. For many of
them, our bugs and straight keys are as useless for operating as their
keyboards and displays are to us. 

We each have our own set of requirements. Their biggest challenge is
acquiring and setting up the equipment to produce machine-quality Morse so
their decoders can "read" the signals. Our biggest challenge is to teach our
brains to do the work. Under ideal conditions they can move faster while we
can adapt to a vastly wider variety of keying characteristics and
conditions. 

Maybe the subject, "Keying ration.." instead of ratio is appropriate after
all, Hi! 

Ron AC7AC


-----Original Message-----

My MESCO (Manhatten Electric Supply Company) Key built circla 1910 has
infinite dit-dah space ratio control.  Manual of course.

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ


--- On Fri, 4/17/09, dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> From: dw <bw_dw at fastmail.fm>
> Thanks Steve for mentioning this.
> Its been one of my frustrations as a cw op.
> I finally ended up programming my own PIC keyer in order to
> get my last
> rig (non elecraft) RF output right.
> There are no manufactured keyers that provide separate
> dit/dah/space
> ratio control.