[Elecraft] K3 CW decoder . . .

[kd7gc]

Begali paddles are more like jewelry than something so plain-jane and ubiquitous as a code key.  I send my CW via keyboard now, but I still want to have a number of Begali’s many models on my desk, even though I will probably hardly ever use them.  They are simply fantastic!

 

 

73

Alan/KD7GC

 

 

 

Alan R. Downing

Phoenix, AZ

 

From: Dauer, Edward [via Elecraft] [mailto:ml-node+s365791n7595320h5 at n2.nabble.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 11:13 AM
To: kd7gc
Subject: K3 CW decoder . . .

 

FWIW, I agree 100% with Dale (below) and with some of the other comments 
in this thread, based on 57 years of 99.9% CW.  Specifically: 

Although I used a straight key for my novice year (in 1957) and a 
Vibroplex bug from then until about 10 years ago, I doubt that any of that 
learning helped my electronic fist when I started using electronic keyers 
like those in the K3 and the KX3.  Although I have been tempted by a 
Begali, I am hard pressed to explain to myself why I want one (which, 
truthfully, I do.) 

Forget the decoder.  Learn to copy Morse from its sound.  If you are 
serious about DXing, an experienced brain will be a vastly better 
discriminator of the almost-identical sounds in a typical non-³up² pile-up 
than any practical decoder could be, and probably so in any heavy QRM 
especially where you are constantly using RIT.  Without much trouble 
you¹ll learn to follow three or four simultaneous calls - useful for 
positioning your own. 

Above all, try NOT to develop a distinctive fist if it makes what you¹re 
sending less comprehensible.  Just last week I worked a new (for me) DX 
station who was using an idiosyncratic way of sending ³R², which was how 
he began every transmission after his own call.  It went ³DIT [long space] 
DAAAAH [log space] DIT."  It took me ten rounds to realize that his call 
[disguised here to avoid insulting a station from whom I need a QSL] was 
XX5YY rather than XX5YYE. 

SK, de KN1CBR (Ted) 


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>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 08:52:43 -0500 (EST) 
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>To: "Tom Blahovici" <[hidden email]> 
>Cc: [hidden email] 
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW decoder and CQ CW contest 
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>Tom, 
> 
>Congratulations on your discovery of CW, and on your desire to learn it 
>and use it. I've been using CW for about 48 years now for about 90% my 
>operating. Tons of fun! 
> 
>But PLEASE DO develop the habit of using the characters "DE" to preface 
>the sending of your callsign, whether calling CQ or in exchange with 
>another station. When conditions are poor, or your signal is weak, it has 
>much value as a delimiter or announcement that you are about to send your 
>call. This used to be standard practice for years, but unfortunately 
>appears to have become optional. I have no idea why; it's so short, and 
>easy to send... 
> 
>73, and have fun! 
> 
>DE WA8SRA (Dale) 
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