I believe the term CW was originally coined to reflect the fact that you had a continuous sine wave transmission when the key was down, whereas with the previous technology (spark) you had a transmit
I wouldn't use those terms myself, but it is one of the areas of amateur radio I have no interest in whatsoever (including others such as satellites, microwaves, psk and ssb). If some people want to
LFers, I've always thought that the term CW was a misnomer, since it isn't continuous in the strickest sense, being keyed on and off in some specific pattern. Perhaps the CW setting of the mode switc
In a message dated 22/05/2007 18:46:36 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Lazy Man CW started in England a few years ago on 137 khz and only spread to mainland EU in a small way and I am
ERROR! LMCW is much older! For example, look at section 7 of Rik's (excellent!) page, Nihil novum sub sole, http://www.qsl.net/on7yd/136narro.htm#NihilNovum In fact, LMCW is not an "amateur invention
I said it started in England and was an English disease, where is the ERROR. -- Original Message -- From: [email protected] Andy Talbot To: [email protected] rsgb_lf_group@blackshe
Mal, Yes we are re-discovering what hams 100 years ago found out, the advantages of the short waves for long distance communications. I recommend reading "200 Meters and Down" by Clint B. DeSoto publ
Error! LMCW Started in on 27 July 1997 when I first transmitted over the 393km path to G3PLX on 72.09kHz.. Dot period was 100s, and it took several hours of overnight keying to send my callsign. Pete
Lazy Man CW started in England a few years ago on 137 khz and only spread to mainland EU in a small way and I am glad to say that the 30 countries that I worked in the past were all on CW including R
