[CW] High speed sending...

[John Bohnovic]

At 06:10 PM 8/2/02 -0400, Mike Hyder  -N4NT- wrote:

>My brain is not able to handle 4 different contact states (open, dot, dash,
>both).  People will dispute it, but because the dual-lever paddles operate
>independently, there must be a motion to release a paddle which makes the
>iambic actually less efficient.  And finally, because of the delay between
>manipulation of the paddles and the output of the keyer (because of dot and
>dash memories) my brain had trouble with speeds over 30 wpm.
>
>And lastly, I do not know anyone who operates over about 30 wpm who uses an
>iambic keyer/key.  How fast do you operate?

Mike,

You know me and I use my WBL or my buddy Don's (W4WJ) Mercury at speeds 
between 30 and 35 wpm. Sometimes I have to slow down because the band 
conditions don't permit transmissions at these speeds. You will seldom hear 
me using my Heathkit UltraPro and when I do, It is usually set about 3-5 
wpm faster than the speed my keyer is set at.

At least two people have posted messages to this reflector proving that 
dual lever paddles, when used with an iambic keyer, are more efficient. 
Either you didn't read those messages, or you read them and didn't 
understand them, or you are ignoring what they said. I probably have a copy 
of them on this PC if anyone is interested I will look for them and post 
them on this reflector.

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