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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:18:59 -0400
From: "Mark J. Dulcey" <mark at buttery.org>
To: "Mark A. Sandler" <k7mas at juno.com>
Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 CW Keyer Speed

Mark A. Sandler wrote:
> Hello Fellow Elecrafters:
> 
> Is there any way to reduce the     s   l   o   w   e   s   t      s   p  
> e   e   d   on the K2 electronic keyer to less than 9 WPM??   Just
> kidding...Hi.  Actually my CW speed is inching its way up towards 13-15
> WPM, but sometimes I work ops who are at 5 +/- WPM, so I'm curious about
> this matter.

I think you'd do better to send the slow code Farnsworth-style - 15 WPM 
characters with long spacing. That's the way it's done in the code tests 
and the W1AW practice broadcasts, after all. You can do that without any 
modification to your K2.

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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:14:14 -0600
To: "Mark A. Sandler" <k7mas at juno.com>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22D=2ER=2E_Weiss_KI=D8RP=22?= <ki0rp at arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 CW Keyer Speed

Mark, when I want to slow down for someone I use a combination of turning 
down the keyer speed and increasing the spacings between letters and 
words.  I think it's very readable if you send the letters themselves at 15 
WPM but leave a lot of time after each one to bring the overall speed down 
to 5 WPM.  This seems to fit in with all the emphasis on Farnsworth spacing 
for learning the code.  Plus, I find it very difficult to read 5 WPM code 
sent with strict 5 WPM timing, although maybe it's just what I got used to.

Dave Weiss

At 01:42 PM 4/12/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Fellow Elecrafters:
>
>Is there any way to reduce the     s   l   o   w   e   s   t      s   p
>e   e   d   on the K2 electronic keyer to less than 9 WPM?? 
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