[CW] Begali Sideswipers

[Bruce Prior]

I'm no sideswiping expert. Reading the Jerry L. Bartachek KD0CA article https://www.mtechnologies.com/cootie.htm

The Art of Side-Swipery, by Jerry L. Bartachek<https://www.mtechnologies.com/cootie.htm>
www.mtechnologies.com
Want to try your hand at "side-swipery?" One commercial cootie key is made today, and is available from Morse Express-- the GHD GF-501 speed key.


I see that I've been making two sideswiping mistakes:

1) Instead of starting each character with the index finger, I was merely going left and right, even with letter spaces and word spaces in between.

2) I was using far too narrow contact spacing.


It's true that the Begali Sculpture Swing is expensive at 460 euros http://www.i2rtf.com/sculpture-swing.html. However, Begali also sells the HST Mark II for less that half that price at 218 euros http://www.i2rtf.com/hst-mark-ii.html. The Mark II has a switch in the rear, allowing the same paddle to be used either as a cootie key or as a regular single-lever keyer paddle. The original Begali HST may be available at hamfests, but I wouldn't recommend it. In my opinion, the original HST lever was too long. The HST Mark II is better. That said, it doesn't hold a candle compared to the superb Begali Sculpture Mono at 425 euros http://www.i2rtf.com/sculpture-mono.html, which is the best single-lever keyer paddle that I've ever used. My Sculpture Mono governs my Elecraft K3 almost daily.


73,

Bruce Prior N7RR / VA7TO

Sculpture mono - Begali's Web site<http://www.i2rtf.com/sculpture-mono.html>
www.i2rtf.com
The Sculpture Mono, like its famous sibling, the Sculpture dual lever key, it was designed to represent the ultimate key of its type, combining materials and state-of ...


Sculpture Swing - Begali's Web site<http://www.i2rtf.com/sculpture-swing.html>
www.i2rtf.com
The Sculpture Swing is a no-compromise cootie key and, like its siblings in the growing Sculpture line of paddles, it was designed to represent the ultimate key of ...

HST Mark II - Begali's Web site<http://www.i2rtf.com/hst-mark-ii.html>
www.i2rtf.com
The HST Single Lever key was inspired by a design that several of the top competitors at the High Speed Telegraphy Competition in Pordenone (HST 2008) were using.


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