Tom,

When I first started in January of 1980 with my first keyboard, I hooked up 
my CW electronic keyer together with the keyboard and went back and forth 
because it seemed so weird at first.  After about six months, I never went 
back to the keyer and sold it.  I've used nothing but keyboards since 1980 
and I doubt I could even use a paddle any more, haha, so don't feel bad. 
That's why CW is fun; it's whatever you like to use.  Shoot, as a novice, I 
once hand shorted the two wires together and send CQ bear handed, as it 
were, and got bit a couple of times, too.

Phil
K0NX



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 10:51 AM
Subject: CW Sending Via The Computer Keyboard


> Hi, everyone.
>
> I have been meaning to write this e-mail for quite some time, and thought
> I'd better do so before I forget again.
>
> I have been spending some time working on sending CW via the computer
> keyboard using N3FJP's AC Log program, but am finding it more difficult to
> get used to than I originally had thought.
>
> I guess it ultimately boils down to personal preference, and what each
> individual feels most comfortable with.
>
> I still seem to feel more in control with the good old paddles and rig
> internal keyer.
>
> All of this is not to say that I am totally turned off to sending CW via 
> the
> computer keyboardthe.   In fact, like so many things we tinker with, I may
> return to it on occasion to try another strategy, just to see if I can 
> raise
> my comfort level a bit.
>
> Thanks to everyone who provided thoughts on the topic, when I proposed it 
> a
> number of weeks ago.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>