[WT-support] WinKey

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Peter Bowyer <peter at bowyer.org> wrote:

> On 18/08/2009, Eugene Kuznetsov <mail at astrojohn.ru> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I use Win-Key with Win-Test.
> >
> > When Win-key speed is 32 wpm and more, all is OK.
> > When speed is 30 wpm and less, I have increased
> > spacing between the characters in the word.
> > So spacing between chracters is like spacing beetween words.
> >
> > Is this Win-Test or Win-Key feature?
>
> We've seen this problem at G6PZ, also. Would really like to find a
> solution.
>
> Peter G4MJS


>From the WinKey manual, it sounds like your keyer has somehow been set up to
use "Farnsworth Mode" at 30 wpm or less:

Set Farns WPM <0D><nn> nn is in the range of 10-99

Example: <0D><12> for Farnsworth=18 WPM

Farnsworth spacing is useful for CW practice because it encourages you to
learn characters by sound not individual dits and dahs. In Winkeyer2,
Farnsworth is implemented by sending letters at a fixed rate of nn WPM
regardless what the WPM sending rate is. Spacing between characters is
determined by the sending rate. When the WPM rate is set above the
Farnsworth WPM, Farnsworth is automatically disabled.

Somehow you need to reset your WinKey and the problem should go away.  Note
that in ASCII <0D> is the carriage return character (CR) and <20> is the
ASCII blank (32 decimal), so maybe in Win-Test keyboard mode (Alt-K), if you
type [Enter] or [Ctrl-Enter] and a blank, it sets the WinKey to Farnsworth
mode at 32 WPM or less?

73,
Bob, N6TV
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