TO get an idea of this, try sending: "Bens best bent wire" or "USS
Tennessee" without putting a lilt on your sending. Now, imagine that on
steroids. That's the Lake Erie Swing. It can be nigh unto uncopyable at
it's "best."
73, Duane
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:27:41 -0400 "Reed O. Krenn" <reed_ww3a@alltel.net>
writes:
> On Thursday April 7 2005 17:20, Ynkedragon@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I was told by an "old timer" that a Lake Erie swing was CW sent
> with a
> > (noticeably) shorter than 3:1 dash-dot ratio, i.e., 2:1.
> Supposedly some
> > of the ship-board sparks operators aboard Great Lakes iron & grain
> boats
> > sent CW this way. I've heard CW sent this way, and find it
> rather
> > difficult to copy .
> >
> Let's hope the "Swing" went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald!
> --
> Reed O. Krenn / WW3A
> reed_ww3a@alltel.net
> "You will be reincarnated as a toad;
> -and you will be much happier."
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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