[CW] the advantage of putting the paddle at an angle and of narrow spacing

[Chris Wagner]

Hi All,

I'm visiting an EHSC member in DL and the OM gave me some tips which I would
like to share.
For his 60+ wpm sending, he only uses his fingertips.

The Bencher is put at an angle of maybe 60 degrees to the rig. While the arm
is at a 90
degrees angle to the transceiver. The hand is then at a *natural angle*...

So far, I have never practiced sending and it shows, oh how emberrassing
this can be!
And when folks started a loud conversation in the shack, I had to end the
QSO with SA3A. (Some
special station?). Anyhow, I keep going doggedly and even had a sked from DL
with Steve KW4H
and his Elecraft KX1 with 3 Watts and a Buddipole in VA. A painful for the
ears 319 QSO, but the
Optibeam 17-4 up 18 m helps.

Closing, I ordered the Hi-Mound 706 paddle but something tells me what's
between my ears will
be the limiting factor preventing any QRQ success. 30 wpm sent at effective
11 wpm is doable at
a shameful error ratio of 1/4. And the day's "form" varies from bad to
abysmal. Hw? My Amygdala
needs a lot of training... 73 de Chris
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