[CW] Whew! Shinny new bug....

[James Hull]

Ok, well Lee's input below is exactly the feedback I am looking for.  Yep, I am a newbie to CW and easily swayed by what looks to be a machinist's dream.  Time to go find a J-38 key somewhere.

Ron, I get your input about iambic paddles.  I have one from Bencher (got it as a present a few months ago) but want to learn how to form the code manually, first, before I begin to rely upon an electronic keyer.  Crawl-walk-run... and am in the Crawl stage at this point.

Lots of folks have told me to listen to a lot of code first, before I begin to practice sending.  I have been doing that using the program NuMorse for a couple of months now.  Thinking ahead, though, I am getting the itch to try sending.  Guess I will find me a J-38 as my first straight key (and save me about $125 in the process).

MANY THANKS, ALL!

Jim

Sent from my Raspberry Pi



> On Jan 22, 2016, at 9:11 PM, Lee <L at w0vt.us> wrote:
> 
> Do you want a key as jewelry or for functionality?  If as jewelry go for this thing.  If you want a truly super great hand key to just use, you can't beat the feel of a J-38 hand key.  Personally, this thing you show looks clunky to me, but that is just my opinion.  I use paddles and bugs, but when using a hand key I prefer a J-38 over everything else.  The military bought a zillion of them for good reason.  They are no designer key but work as good or better then others.  A nice one will cost between $50 and $75 these days.
> Lee, w0vt
> 
> 
>> On 1/22/2016 8:03 PM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>> James Hull es K3PID Ron wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I am thinking about buying my first really nice straight key.  I am
>>> thinking about getting The Patriot by LNR but would appreciate some
>>> honest opinions before I drop $200.  Comments?
>> 
>>> http://www.lnrprecision.com/propumpkey/
>> 
>>>> Well I had a bug about 50 years ago and as I recall I didn’t do very
>>>> well so I went to a straight key. Later I moved to an Iambic paddle
>>>> and a keyer and can run it pretty well at 20 wpm. Lately I’ve gotten
>>>> the bug ( pun intended) and bought a new shinny classic deluxe from
>>>> the folks at Vibroplex. Well I got it wired up and quickly discovered
>>>> that all the hours spent using the paddle didn’t help much with the
>>>> bug. In fact they probably made it more difficult. My fist still wants
>>>> to hold the paddle to make multiple dahs.....  So if you hear me
>>>> sending CQ ( I can do that pretty well ) and decide to give me a call,
>>>> please be gentle! I still have to get use to hearing the damper weight
>>>> click when the arm swings back for a dah... maybe I can wear ear
>>>> plugs.... wait...
>>>> 73 es be gentle...
>> 
>> I teach and preach iambic sending.
>> I think iambic sending allows much of the mechanical parts of sending
>> to become performed by the subconscious.
>> Bugs and straight keys not so much.
>> 
>> Iambic sending is the most advanced method of sending Morse code.
>> I see no reason to regress.  Glass arm here we come.
> 
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