[CW] Adjusting a Straight Key

[ROBERT DOHERTY]

Rich ....
 
We started out as WN1GDB in July 1955 ...with our J-38 we bought at the original Radio Shack on Washington St in Boston ... We used the thickness of 2 business cards to set the gap .
.....#110 card stock ...

We still have the old J-38 ... and still use it once in a while ... SKN every New Years ... but most of 
our CW now is with a "Touch" keyer paddle(no Gap to set)...  and an electronic keyer...

Here is an older YOUTUBE video we made of the J-38 ....with our first Novice transmitter .
..... single 50L6 tube.... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU81Vh379i4&t=10s

Whitey K1VV  62 years on the bands .... 63 in July ... 


> On March 26, 2018 at 9:27 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Thank you. I wrote a long piece on adjusting bugs. After 
> reading it I realized that different bugs have different 
> dimensions so I needed to account for that. Gets complicated.
>     I found one of the greatest differences in the feel of a 
> straight key is the nature of the spring. For instance J-38 keys 
> always feel spongy to me but replacing the spring cures it. 
> Something about the dimensions or perhaps the material. I like 
> crisp keys but some may prefer the "softer" feel of the original 
> springs.
> 
> On 3/26/2018 4:16 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > Richard,
> > 
> > Marshall Emm, N1FN has a good page on key adjustment collected 
> > from multiple sources.
> >
> 
> -- 
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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