[CW] Bugs on SKN ??

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:32:44 -0500

Of course, Don, we know that you meant ARM WORK because if you use your
wrist to send with a morse key, you can't do so for long.  You must use the
longer muscles of the forearm, arm and chest to send morse!

I am just posting this so that newer operators won't get the wrong idea!

Use wrist - WRONG - you will get glass arm !
Use arm/chest muscles - RIGHT - you can develop enough to send all day!

I know that most know of this file, but if there are any new comers
wondering "what the heck is a cootie or sideswiper" - I have a file that has
a recording of such a key!
http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/cootie_sending.mp3

73

David Ring, N1EA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Chester" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Bugs on SKN ??

>I am surprised that the ARRL Contest Bureau considers a bug and/or
>sideswiper a straight key, even for this contest.  Seems a name change may
>be in order.  Maybe MKN (manual key night) might be more appropriate with
>the inclusion of these other keys? I've been in this great hobby for 50
>years (mostly CW), and a straight key, a bug and a sideswiper were always
>considered a different breed of cat, and for good reason!

I can see why a semi-automatic bug might be questionable as a "straight"
key, but a sideswiper is simply a different breed of straight key; you
manipulate it sideways instead of up and down, and it makes contact in both
directions.  One still has to manually form both dits and dahs.  It has the
advantage of requiring less wrist work to send at a given speed, if one ever
becomes proficient at using one.

Don K4KYV

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