[CW] Side Swiper Net

[David Ring]

I remember working W8DNC.  As I remember he used a "swiper" made from
an old Western Electric (telephone company) leaf switch that was from
parts of an Operator's console.  (The switch he used was the momentary
"ring" switch that had to be held to one side or the other to ring.)

He sent some good code.

I would have thought the Jablonsky key would have been a good key!

73

David N1EA

On 5/30/08, K8MFO at aol.com <K8MFO at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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