[Fists] Ever tried CWCom?

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:57:58 -0500

I don't know why it would anger the old guard at all.

I really don't know ANY of the old guard (if there is such a thing) that
would be offended, put off, upset, bite their lips, or whatever by CW.com.

It is a great thing - I love it.  You can send with a bug, hand key (or down
cursor key), your own paddle and use the built-in keyer function, or a
mouse!

No QRM, no QSB, heck it isn't even bothered by Broadband over Powerlines!

This is for me!  I can have my own little pow-wow with my friends in any of
10,000 channels, no contests, no "keep up with the big shots" ham radio
purchases, no antenna worries, no TV interference.

Just one thing!  A nice transmitter does sound better than CW.com and
without different transmitters I can't identify the station like I can on
the ham bands.

How many of you guys have found that you have a quirky ability to recognize
a particular transmitter?  In the old home brew days it was easier because
one fellow would have just a wee bit different wave shape than the other
fellow.

Another good feature of CW com is that if your fist is rotten it won't
display correctly, which helps a sender learn how to send good code - and
actually hear his errors in timing.

But sometimes the internet makes timing delays with the packets not being
uniform - but this doesn't bother 20 wpm code - just the fast stuff.

I do like the sound of radio code better but you can't complain about no QRM
or QSB or QRN.

I think it would be absolutely FANTASTIC if someone could make it so that
the program had a sounder click.  I saw that you can hook up a sounder with
a circuit they provide and I've heard someone doing other codes like
American Land Line Morse and Dot Code here.  You can't use dot code on the
ham bands.

73

David Ring, N1EA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Fists] Ever tried CWCom?

> Well I wasn't saying that CWCom should be compulsory.
>
> If you like it, then use it; if you don't, then don't.
>
> This will anger many of the old guard, I know, but CWCom is
> all-inclusive...you don't need a licence at all to play, just a love of
> morse.
>
> Morse is morse, no matter how it gets from A to B.
>
> If it comes to it, then morse was originally invented for landline use
(i.e.
> the distant ancestor of the internet - not radio).
>
> It's probably best if the 'luddites' stay on radio.  In fact, please,
please
> do.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Adsit" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fists] Ever tried CWCom?
>
>
> Well, Chris, I realize that one can get on 2M and talk on 10M with it,
with,
> in the US, a Technician license -- and I realize that the Internet is used
> to relay TCC traffic in the US, but I don't do either. I'm not ready for
> prime time not-really-radio. The key words are right below your link ...
> "It's not radio, but ...... "
>
> We need more people ON their radios, not on the Internet, using the
> Continental Code. If one has time for what you suggest, one has time to go
> into the ham shack and turn on the radio station and use it. No computer
> required. (for most rigs).
>
> 73 - Fred NY2V
> FISTS 1293
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Redding
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:43 AM
> Subject: [Fists] Ever tried CWCom?
>
> If you like CW, have you tried the morse version of Echolink (CWCom)?
> It works in a similar way, and you can easily wire your key/keyer up to
the
> computer and away you go.
>
> Download it from www.mrx.com.au
>
> It's not radio, but it is definitely morse, and good fun. New faces are
> appearing nightly, but new users are desperately needed to get the ball
> really rolling....You don't even need to hold a ham licence (although
anyone
> not familiar with 'hamspeak' and CW abbreviations would find it a bit
> mystifying).
>
> You can send morse with a hand key or bug, also text each other via the
> keyboard - but not speak.
>
> The morse is real...not artificially generated. You can still tell the
> different 'fist' styles that people send in.
>
> Hook-up an old spare key to a serial plug (see the color photo in 'help'),
> and maybe see a few of you on Morsenet1 (on channel 100) later.  (after
> about 22:00 UTC)
>
> Maybe if enough come on, we can arrange a regular spot (there are
> thousands to choose from) to meet up or use 'morsemail' to heckle each
other
> in morse :-).
>
> All the best,
> Chris G4PDJ
>
>
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