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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