[CW] English vs french

Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:38:44 -0500

No I don't know the difference Uranito.

I know the Dyna company made sideswiper type keys - in France they call them
"Lame" - which means "blade".

I know there are two types of sideswiper - the type with a blade (hacksaw
blade) and the type with a stiff lever of metal that doesn't bend.

One of our famous Cootie senders, Bob, W6BNB has the original cootie key,
the Bunnell Double Speed Key, also called a Sideswiper.   (Bunnell had the
patent on this key.)  The Bunnell key has a lever with a piece of thin
spring metal at the end.  W6BNB built a Cootie with a pivot (like the
Vibroplex single lever key for electronic keyer) and he says that he sends
much better with that.  I agree - he does sound better on that key.

I have three cooties, one has a hacksaw blade, one is the Bunnell Double
Speed key and one is a Vibroplex single lever paddle (this has the dot and
the dash contacts shorted).  I like the hacksaw best.

73

David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Uranito" <[email protected]>
To: "CW REFLECTOR" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:07 PM
Subject: [CW] English vs french

Dear Dave...

I�m sure you know the diference about the english Sideswiper and the french
Maniflex.

Wich one are you going to use...!!!

Muchos saludos y buenos DX
Best regards and good DX
Alberto U. SILVA LU1DZ
GACW Coordinator
http://gacw.no-ip.org

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