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???
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
