[Elecraft] [OT] Jim's Dot Stabilizer

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Why is it called "Lake Erie Swing?"

Who knows?  I always heard it called a "banana boat swing" but then
my CW mentors were from around Lake Erie <G>.

> For that matter, why are there two Iambic modes in the first place?

The original "Curtis" Iambic mode completed the element (dot or dash)
being sent when [both] paddles were released at the same time.  The
iambic mode in the AccuKeyer had a logic error - the element memories
were set as soon as the previous element completed - that completed the
element being sent and then sent the *opposite* element if both paddles
were released at the same time.  This became known as Iambic B to
distinguish it from the original Curtis iambic (Iambic A) mode.

Those who learned on an AccuKeyer generally have problems with Curtis
and vice versa.  For an Iambic B (Accukeyer) user, trying to use an
Iambic A keyer generally results in problems with incomplete letters
(C, K, R, etc.) while for an Iambic A user trying to use an Iambic B
keyer, the problems are generally more severe with extra elements
added to the end of nearly any character which ends in alternating
elements.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-07-04 3:29 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> As long as the Iambic mode you replace isn't *my* Iambic mode. :-)  Why
> is it called "Lake Erie Swing?"  For that matter, why are there two
> Iambic modes in the first place?
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 7/4/2014 11:57 AM, EricJ wrote:
>> All electronic keyers should come with a Lake Erie Swing mode. Makes
>> more sense than having two iambic modes.
>>
>> Eric
>> KE6US
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to lists at subich.com
>