Quite so, Steve. And I salute your efforts to improve your CW skills. I wish
more hams would but I know it's not for everyone. Yes, we need to just have
a good old rag chew some time. Seems I only ever catch you during contests.
73. Lou WA3MIX
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: CW contest this weekend
> Lou,
>
> Well I got the K, the 1, and the L correct. If this were baseball, I
> would be in the hall of fame with that percentage.
>
> 73, hope to catch you on the air sometime, Steve KW3A
>
> On 2/20/2016 7:40 PM, Lou Kolb wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> One slight correction, the Win-key is made by K1EL. For those not
>> familiar
>> with him, he makes a variety of keyers and interfaces. The Win-key is
>> probably his most popular device. His web site is worth a look if you're
>> at
>> all interested in CW.
>>
>> www.k1el.com
>>
>> I use one of his other keyers and am delighted with it. 73. Lou WA3MIX
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 3:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: CW contest this weekend
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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