[CW] A keyer ruined my wrist...

[Benny Owens]

RON

YOU HAVE GOTTEN SOME GOOD ADVICE.  I TOO USE THE W0EB DOT STABILIZER
ON ALL THE BUGS I USE.

CLEAN AND POLISH THE CONTACTS.   CLEAN AND CHECK THE PIVOTS FOR GOOD
GROUND.  YOU CAN DO THIS WITH A GROUND JUMPER AROUND THE PIVOTS.
CHECK YOUR CONTACT ALIGNMENT.  THE CONTACT FACES SHOULD BE PARALLEL AS
THEY TOUCH.  ALIGN ON ALL THREE AXIS.  THERE ARE SEVERAL YOUTUBE
VIDEOS THAT SHOW HOW TO ADJUST A BUG.   THEN THE DOT STABILIZER CAN DO
ITS JOB IF NEEDED.  I LIKE THE WAY IT STOPS THE TRAVEL OF THE DOT
CONTACT ON SEPARATION.

I FOUND MY BUG FIST IMPROVED WHEN I RETIRED MY PADDLE A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.  I HAD BEEN USING BOTH SINCE 76.

73
BENNY K5KV

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:01 PM, K3PID <Ron.K3PID at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Boy who knew that a few years of using a paddle and a keyer would ruin a
> guys wrist? My hand just doesn’t want to make multiple DAHs ( cause the
> stupid keyer does it all by itself...) I’ve been practicing off-air and it’s
> coming back but what a struggle!
>
> ALSO!!  Why are the DITs from my new bug scratchy? Right count, right
> length, just not clean! Is this a possible spring tension thing? or am I
> just having to relearn it all? Is there a contact wetting required? I don’t
> recall having the issue in the past...
>
> 73 ES AS while I work it out...
>
> Ron K3PID
>
>
>
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