Ron,

I use the Writelog contesting software connected via a Winkeyer USB by 
K1LK.    I also have AC Log set up with the winkeyer, but really don't 
use that software much.   More like a catch-all for contest log files.

I know that in Writelog alt-k will put you into keyboard mode to  type 
and send.    Perhaps one of the others  more familiar with AC Log can 
comment if  something similar exists in that software.    I would be 
surprised if it doesn't have some  way of doing keyboard CW and not just 
  pre-programmed  messages for contests.

73, Steve KW3A

On 2/20/2016 3:47 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> Steve, what logging software are you using for sending your CW? That is one
> thing I liked about Remotehams is that I could use my keyboard and type 50
> or 60 WPM and the CW would go out at whatever rate the rig was set for. I
> could type out my reply and then, just sit back and listen to the rig send
> it out, probably like you do with your program!
>
> I enjoy using a single lever paddle connected to my keyer in my TS-590.
> However, I sure enjoy using the keyboard too.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 2:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CW contest this weekend
>
> Ron,
>
> This makes me cringe.  I've made a serious effort ober the past 2 years to
> improve my CW contest  skills.  I'm still playing in the boy's department,
> but an e-mail like that would have pissed me off big time.
>
>
> I've never got the hang of using a paddle, so  I do my  CW contesting
> and DXing with the  automated CW through the logging software.   Press a
> key and send the pre-programmed message  at whatever speed you want.
>
> Whatever you do, have fun.  It's just a hobby and contests are just a game.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 2/20/2016 2:49 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>> Regarding the CW activity this weekend, I am stuck with this old, but
>> goody, World War II straight key, and no way can I send 30 or 35 wpm
>> with it, and nobody will give me the time of day stumbling along at 15
>> wpm!! You guys won't believe me about this, but honestly, I even
>> received an email message from a station who told me to stay off the
>> bands if I couldn't run with the big boys at least 30 wpm. My paddle
>> went to Heaven with Justice Antonin Scalia, and I am trying to do my
>> best with this straight key. It is the key I started with way back in
>> my Novice days in 1957, and it is still a super fantastic key, but it
>> doesn't go like my paddle did! <lol> Plus, these old hands aren't as fast
> and coordinated as they were when I was a teenager!
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>