[CW] EASY QRS WITH LIGHTNING BUG, CHAMPION OR J-36 BUGS

[K4OAH via CW]

Danny - 

You need to extend the rod to slow it down.  Stacking weights UP the rod just damps the vibration.

An alligator clip on the end out past the bumper with some solder wrapped around it will allow you to slow it significantly.

73, Garey - K4OAH
St. Charles, IL




> On Dec 19, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Danny Douglas via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Hmmmm never thought to do that.  I just attempt to slow it down by putting on more of the round weights, but of course it has never worked well, with them being strung out along the round (not flat like your picture) swinging rod.    Mine is SN 175333 issued to me as a government (state) operator back in the late 60s (Broadway address), and was probably the last one used with the last state dept cw circuit, which I closed down around 1970.  Or so I was told, at the time.   I still use it, as a secondary key on my backup hf rig (IC706markII).  Dits are just too fast for most ops today.  
> Thanks
> Danny Douglas
> n7dc at arrl.net
> 
> Benny Owens via CW wrote:
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>> 73 AND MERRY CHRISTMAS
> 
> -- 
> Danny Douglas
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