[CW] Bug Sending Flourishing Fingers or Rolling Forearm?

Benny Owens via CW cw at mailman.qth.net
Wed Mar 25 19:20:22 EDT 2015 

WHATEVER SIZE WEIGHT USED TO SLOW A BUG,  IT WORKS BEST AT THE FAR END OF
THE ARM.  WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF ARM, YOU CAN EXTEND THE ARM, ADD WEIGHT OR
CUT AWAY PART OF THE MAIN SPRING.  IF YOU CUT THE MAINSPRING USE A ROUND
FILE.  A SHARP CORNER IS THE END FOR THE SPRING.  EXTENDING THE ARM IS ONLY
ONE WAY.  EXTENDING THE ARM MAKES THE BUG LONGER AND CAN BE A PROBLEM FOR
CROWDED SPACES.  HOW MANY BUGS HAVE YOU SEEN WITH SOLDER WRAPPED AROUND THE
FACTORY WEIGHT.  IF WORKED FOR ME A HALF CENTURY AGO.

I HAVE DONE THEM ALL AND THEY ALL WORK.   ANYONE WANTING MORE INFO EMAIL ME
OFF REFLECTOR.   I WISH I COULD MAKE A YOUTUBE VIDEO TO PROVE ALL THREE
METHODS WORK.  THE LIGHTNING BUG IS EASY WITH A THREADED ROD AND THUMBNUT
TO STACK WEIGHTS ON TOP OF THE FACTORY WEIGHT.  MORE WEIGHT AND THE BUG
SLOWS.  YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTO OF THE LIGHTNING BUG WITH THE ROD TO STACK
WEIGHTS ON MY QRZ PAGE.

ANOTHER EASY WAY IS TO USE LARGER WEIGHTS FROM 2bradioproducts.com AND I
HAVE SEEN THEM FOR SALE ON EBAY ALSO.  THEY HAVE WEIGHTS FOR ALL VIBROPLEX
MODELS.  THE VIBROPLEX ONES WORKED ON MY LES LOGAN ALSO.  THEY HAVE WEIGHTS
FOR MAC BUGS TOO.  NICELY MADE WITH LARGE DIAMETER AND REDUCED LENGTH FOR
OVERALL GREATER SPEED RANGE.  VIBROPLEX HAS IT BACKWARDS MAKING THE LARGER,
HEAVIER WEIGHTS LONGER CUTTING THE SPEED RANGE.  IF YOU HAVE TO BUY
SOMETHING TO SLOW DOWN YOUR BUG,  THIS IS MY FIRST CHOICE FOR ROUND HOLE
WEIGHTS.

73
BENNY K5KV
k5kvm5 at gmail.com

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Danny Douglas via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> 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 <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 <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 <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>
> 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 <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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