Subj : Storage
To   : Ed Vance
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue Jul 01 2014 01:08 pm

Greetings Ed!

 RW>> In a printed medium such as this, the spacing is what makes or
 RW>> breaks your morse. i.e. your D reads like an R. __. vs --.
 RW>> where the latter shows enough of a space between Dahs to
 RW>> recognize the character.

 EV> D typed my way, _..  R. would look like, ._. .

(slaps forhead)

-.. is a D, .-. is an R...(memory lapse is my excuse)

 EV> Oh!, I think You meant "your G" instead "your D" above???

-.. .  .-. --- -.--  - .... .. ...  .. ...  .-  --. (G).


 EV>> . = Low Tone

 RW>> Dit - high tone

 EV>> - = High Tone

 RW>> Dah - low tone

 EV> I didn't know of a FSK CW Standard when I chose what Tone for the
 EV> Morse Code Elements.

 EV> I saw Your line of CW as a period being lower in elevation than the
 EV> hyphen was, so I assigned the Tones as they looked to me on my
 EV> screen.

I used the way they would sound vs what they looked like.

 EV>> I still would prefer using the J-38 Key with the Plastic Base
 EV>> reversed on the Key by removing the Two Screws, reversing the Base
 EV>> and re-fastening the Two Screws.

 RW>> I never used any speed aides, I was able to send faster than I
 RW>> could read with a regular key.

 EV> A J-38 Key is IIRC a Military Number for a Hand Key, I'm surprised
 EV> that You thought it was a "speed aid".

I no longer have a key, but I do remember the military type of key, which
is what I used, exclusively.

 EV> The Plastic? (Phenolic?, Bakelite?) Base the Key was mounted on
 EV> allowed the Knob on the Key Lever to extend over the operating table,
 EV> instead of over the Base, and to use the Key to send CW I would have
 EV> to hold the other end of the Key down so it wouldn't flip up and down
 EV> when I was sending CW.

I fixed that problem by mounting the key to a 1/2" thick brass plate with
rubber feet.

 EV> I learned of a 'Tip' to reverse the Base so the Knob would be over
 EV> some of the Base and I wouldn't have to hold the Key down when I used
 EV> it, the 'Tip' IIRC was printed in a A.R.R.L. Book called "Hints and
 EV> Kinks".

You could have done as I did, but instead use old wheel weights (lead and
antimony) to make yourself a mounting plate.

 EV>> I have a Vibroplex Bug too but found out I send better CW with the
 EV>> J-38 Key.

 RW>> I had a Vibroplex key, but gave it to somebody who had a better
 RW>> use for it than I did.

 EV> I thought of building an Accu-Keyer and getting a Key for it, but
 EV> never did.

 EV>> ... I just figured out PI to the seventy-fifth decimal place.

 RW>> PI are the last two letters of my original Advanced call. KB6PI

 RW>> ... Kissed By Six Pretty Indians

 EV> I've used Zero Intelligence Quotient, Washers Screws and Bolts and
 EV> now Old Dirty Rat (or Oldsmobile Dodge and Ramblers). 73

WN6ABE - ?
WD6DOI - Washed Down 6 Dirty Old Indian (and more)
N6AGT - Number 6 After Giving Two
K6RXT - see next
K5RXT - King 5 Really Xtra Terrific

    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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