[CW] Side Swiper Net

[K8MFO at aol.com]

I find David's comments very interesting in  comparing sideswipers.   Here I 
have a number of  "swipers""

Llaves Telegraficas Artesans from EA6 land
"Jablonsky" from  East Germany
Signal Electric "SEMATIC", combination bug/swiper
W8DNC  homebrew "Special"
Bunnell Double Speed key

My best?

Actually  my Bencher double lever paddle, one of the very early versions, 
with very thin  finger pieces that are spaced very closely together!    No  
contest - it is a dream to use over any of the others.   With my  Logikey K-1 keyer 
I can toggle between paddle and "hand key", and the Bencher  becomes a very 
good sideswiper.

Of course, there are very few keys as  pretty as a Bunnell Double Speed!   
Likewise - the Signal Electric is  great to look at, but I would have hated to 
be a commercial operator using one  of them!

73

Don K8MFO



In a message dated 5/30/2008  2:55:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
n1ea at arrl.net writes:
I have the  following cootie keys:

Vibroplex VibroKeyer (modified knob and dot/dash  contacts shorted)
Kungsbacka Swedish sideswiper (above)
Manhattan Electric  side swiper prototype
Bunnell Double Speed key

The best  are at  the top, the worst are at the bottom.  None are
terrible, but the  VibroKeyer is the best, the Kungsbacka is a close
second.

What makes  the VibroKeyer best is that it doesn't chatter and that you
can adjust either  side for tension.  With saw blade type, you only
adjust both sides  equally.

73

DR  




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