[CW] What is the best telegraph key??

[Pedro J. Santa]

I am still intrigued by the "cootie" and ask all readers for sources where I
could order a good one.  However, reading Dave's "speed scale" I ask him:
Don't you use Iambic paddles (i.e. Mercury, Schurr Profi, Begalli, Bencher
etc...) for "fastest" when the Vibroplexes kind of don't get you up there
precisely because they are just "semis"?  There's no doubt in my mind that
(for proficient operagtors) paddles help you attain higher code speeds than
bugs, and that should not be subject to much debate.  If I'm missing
something, I will gladly accept education...

73 Pedro KP3X
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
To: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com>; <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] What is the best telegraph key??


> It isn't very popular - because most don't know about it, or they think it
> is difficult to operate.
>
> I like my cootie, and use it every day along side of my Marconi 365A and
> Vibroplex Original.
>
> I use each key for a different speed range - the hand key for slow, the
> cootie for medium and the Vibroplex for faster.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com>
> To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [CW] What is the best telegraph key??
>
>
>
> How popular is the Cootie key?  I don't have one (yet), but it seems to be
> the ideal alternative to keying with a sideways motion without mounting a
> straight key on edge.
>
> g.
>
>
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