[CW] Bug Adjustment Picture

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 05:14:06 -0200

The dits are the trick with these bugs. I've found that bringing the
pendulum weight as closest as possible to the swinging arm (almost there,
but not quite) and maintaining some distance among the vibrating contacts,
and keeping the shortest possible spacing in the middle screws allows good
dits. Mind you, these semi automatic keys were revolutionary when compared
to the straights they replaced but their dits, while "automatic" due to the
vibration of the central pulsating arm, can never compare with their Iambic
keyer's counterparts. Getting the best "dits" you can is the feat all
original vibro...users wish to conquer. Once you do that, it's magic.

I certainly prefer the Iambic paddles for contest and everyday use. However,
ocassional exercises with a bug bring a sense of music/poetry and hand skill
which adds tons of subjective nuances and pleasure to the morse code
operating experience.

When one experiences CW with a bug and compares the exercise with straight
key operation, it's evident how the semi-automatic bugs truly revolutionized
the morse code straight key experience and came to dominate and conquer the
morse code operation for many decades.

Adjusting the Vibroplex original bugs for a pleasant rhythm is as an art as
putting those keys to good use on the air...ahhh. Long live CW...

Pedro KP3X..

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; Dave Clarke VE6LX <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] Bug Adjustment Picture

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>> Does anyone have or can make a Jpeg copy or Tiff copy of the Bug picture
>>
>> While this procedure is available now it would be better if we were
>> able to save it as an MS Word document complete with Picture.
>
>This one worked for me:
>
>http://members.iquest.net/~mjmanship/bugadj.htm
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>But,  MS Word did NOT copy it.
>
>Anyway,  I still cannot get the dits to be correct.  They are
>just too short,  even following ALL the adjustment as indicated.
>For a dit, I get a brief "pit"  sort of.....and I have put a LOT or
>added weight on the pendulum arm.     Oh well,  maybe I must
>go back to Iambic paddles; the dits are just "right" there, even
>for 18 or 20 wpm.
>
>73,  Jim  KH7M
>
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