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

[Danny Douglas via CW]

I quite often just use the "mark" side of the key as a sort of side 
sweeper manual key.  Works fine for a short QSO, or a series of short 
ones.   Made lots of contacts with Novices that way.


> Benny Owens via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Friday, December 19, 2014 1:41 PM
> K4AOH
>
> IT DOES SLOW IT DOWN TO THE SPEEDS I LISTED.  IT WOULD SLOW DOWN MORE 
> IF EXTENDED BUT THAT DEFEATS MY GOAL OF NO FUMBLING WITH SCREWS, 
> ALLIGATOR CLIPS OR CLOTHES PINS ETC.  JUST DROP AND GO IN THE MIDDLE 
> OF A QSO ON THE FLY.  THIS METHOD WAS NOT INTENDED TO GET A BUG DOWN 
> TO 2 WPM.
>
> IF THIS BUG IS NOT SLOW ENOUGH I CANT WORK THE STATION.  IN FACT 
> ANYONE WANTING TO GO SLOWER COULD EASILY USE A HAND KEY.  I COULD NOT 
> REMEMBER THE FIRST WORD OF A SENTENANCE AT THE END AT SINGLE DIGIT WPM 
> WHICH IT DOES ANYWAY WITH TWO WEIGHTS STACKED ON THE ROD.
>
>
>
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> K4OAH <mailto:k4oah at mindspring.com>
> Friday, December 19, 2014 1:32 PM
> 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 
> <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
> Danny Douglas <mailto:n7dc at comcast.net>
> Friday, December 19, 2014 1:09 PM
> 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 <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Friday, December 19, 2014 11:43 AM
> HI FOLKS
>
> I THOUGHT SOME MIGHT FIND A QRS METHOD I AM USING HELPFUL.  IT IS A 
> VIBROPLEX LIGHTNING BUT WITH A ROD STICKING UP ABOVE THE SQUARE 
> WEIGHT.  ON THE ROD ANY OF THE VIBROPLEX OR VIZKEY WEIGHTS CAN BE 
> STACKED FOR A INSTANT QRS.  SPEEDS AROUND 10 WPM ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE 
> LARGE WEIGHT AND COMBINATION STACKS GO SLOWER.  ANY VIBROPLEX 
> LIGHTNING BUG, CHAMPION MODEL AND MOST J-36 VERSIONS CAN USE THIS 
> METHOD.  ANYTHING WITH A 1/8 INCH HOLE COULD BE DROPPED ON THE ROD.
>
> ALSO THE LIGHTNING BUG SHOWN IS A STRANGE HYBRID STANDARD/DELUXE 
> MODEL.  SEE K5KV PAGE ON QRZ.COM <http://QRZ.COM> FOR PHOTOS AND 
> DETAILS.  ANY INFO ON THE HYBRID FEATURE WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF 
> AVAILABLE. http://www.qrz.com/db/K5KV
>
> 73 AND MERRY CHRISTMAS
> BENNY K5KV
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