[CW] Bug Sending Flourishing Fingers or Rolling Forearm?

Wed Mar 25 18:31:16 EDT 2015

Only way to send.  HI.    No, to slow it down, by putting more weights 
doesnt work.  You are right, in that extending the length of the 
pendulum appears the way to go, but, I recently saw where guys were 
building up the weight vertically versus horizontally, and it worked.  
Take a look around and search "slowing vibroplex speed" and probably 
find a good dozen different pictures, etc.  Mine is the one I used on 
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service nets.  Old, Black surface, and has 
sent a million messages.

> Mike A via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:23 PM
>
> Me, too. My uncle Stu gave me the bug he used as radio operator on a 
> bomber
> over Europe. It's a Vibroplex (not Lionel or another maker, but the Real
> Thing) Lightning bug with a 1941 manufacture date on the nomenclature 
> plate.
> It sends faster than I can receive, even with the weight all the way 
> out. I
> suppose I need to lengthen the pendulum with an extension bar.
>
> Stu's SK now, but the bug still works fine. When he gave it to me, it 
> was set
> up for REALLY BIG MOVEMENTS of hand/fingers/wrist/arm/left_foot: the bar
> looked like a grain flail at work, and the bug sounded like one, too.
>
> Danny Douglas <mailto:n7dc at comcast.net>
> Wednesday, March 25, 2015 4:13 PM
> I do.  Brain cramp.  I send faster than I think, these days.
>
>
>
> Roadrunner via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:41 PM
> Great articles. Thank you!
>
> I never get any cramping while sending with a bug.
>
> Best regards - Brian Carling
> AF4K Crystals Co.
> 117 Sterling Pine St.
> Sanford, FL 32773
>
> Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Richard Knoppow via CW 
> <cw at mailman.qth.net <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>>       An amazing performance and the quality of the fist is very 
>> good.   I've seen a video of DA sending with a hand key and her 
>> fingers fly there too.
>>      BTW, does anyone know how she is doing?
>>
>> On 3/24/2015 3:49 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW wrote:
>>> Bug sending.  Fingers or Rolling Forearm?
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhrSEERvbI
>>> DA sending closing message on Night of Nights 11 
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhrSEERvbI>
>>>
>>> DA sends with her flying fingers! I learned to send by rolling my 
>>> forearm.
>>>
>>> RCA KPH operator Denice Stoops (DA) uses a wonderful fingerwork 
>>> flourish but it isn't the way I was taught to avoid cramping and 
>>> other bug-a-boos of bug sending.
>>>
>>> Here is a video of myself at a Speed-X semi-automatic key - I 
>>> discuss sending and set up of bug:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjjviNVaW8
>>>
>>> Here is a closeup of bug setup looking at the damper adjustment - 
>>> "just so it touches the wheel on the damper - and the damper wheel 
>>> is unrestrained so that it moves!".
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAuWL7vnMI
>>>
>>> I always asked the best operators I ever heard for advice and I was 
>>> told I could send faster, longer, and clearer by rotating the 
>>> forearm to send.  I have found this to be true.
>>>
>>> More on KPH including a half hour video and more DA sending!
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXrpkU7CCI
>>>
>>> Even though I recommend my method of bug sending, I could watch DA 
>>> sending forever!  I'm boring next to her!
>>>
>>> 73
>>> David N1EA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Richard Knoppow via CW <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:32 PM
>       An amazing performance and the quality of the fist is very 
> good.   I've seen a video of DA sending with a hand key and her 
> fingers fly there too.
>      BTW, does anyone know how she is doing?
>
> On 3/24/2015 3:49 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW wrote:
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