[CW] High Speed Chinese Morse

Tue Aug 18 06:17:10 EDT 2020

Yes, very little weight, extremely small spacing, huge spring tension.

73

DR

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 02:21 Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>     I sort of follow this but two pieces of paper for _weight_?
> hardly any, maybe they should use angels dancing on the knob. I
> have seen a fellow who sent this way, key barely opened, don't
> remember how much tension. Well, I have a key on a code practice
> oscillator right here and tried it. Couldn't get much control and
> can't send any faster than my usual set up but played with the
> spacing and tension a little. FWIW, this is a Western Electric
> key and Bud oscillator. Keep it next to the computer to practice on.
>     I normally set the tension so that it just lifts a size D
> battery off the contact. Spacing around the thickness of the edge
> of a dime. I have no idea what my speed is now but I once was
> comfortable at around 20WPM.
>
>
> On 8/17/2020 10:25 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > Yes, it's vibrating.
> >
> > The key is adjusted so it just touches with spring tension, two
> > pieces of paper are placed on the knob. Spring tension is
> > INCREASED into the key no longer is a closed circuit. If
> > needed, the spacing of the key is DECREASED, increasing spring
> > tension if needed.
> >    I read the maximum speed record as being 35WPM FASTER than
> > the guys in the video were going, that didn't make any sense to
> > me. 35WPM maximum sounds quite possible (not by me). I always
> > had a good fist. I need to practice more to get my speed up now
> > but make sure the timing is good. I use a hand exerciser, one
> > of those squeeze things, to keep the strength up. Helps with
> > code and with typing.
> > Sorry about explaining it poorly, the setup is very unintuitive
> > to me.
> >
> > They adjust the key for maximum tension and micro spacing.
> >
> > Anyone who can say this clearer please do.
> >
> > NW6V said on the SKCC mail list that the current hand key
> > sending record is 35 WPM, which he says is faster than these
> > examples.
> >
> > I'm just in awe of them, I remember when I took my first
> > radiotelegraph FCC test, I tested every ball point on the
> > market for speed. The fastest in 1979 was PaperMate Write Bros
> > ballpoint. These days it probably would be the Zebra ballpoint.
> >
> > I copied Chatham Radio's 0300Z Associated Press broadcast which
> > lasted about two hours. It went out at 25 WPM. One night I
> > copied by "stick" the next night by MILL. Then I'd take the
> > copy and send it with my hand key. Even though I practiced for
> > two years, I never managed to get above 23 WPM. I have a
> > neurobiological congenital disability due to my being born
> > three months premature at 3 lbs. 2 oz. But I concentrate on
> > what I can overcome, not what makes it difficult.
> >
> > I finally resigned to use my MILL and Vibroplex. I always had
> > an excellent fist with a hand key, one old Swede used to say
> > "it sounds like a tape." Eddie Myerbeck, W1SM (ex W1AKY.) who
> > passed around 1996.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > David N1EA
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 17:29 Richard Knoppow
> > <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         BTW, I learned this technique from a YL I knew at the time
> >     who did Swedish massage. That is a technique where you vibrate
> >     you hands much like an electric vibrator. I could do it for a
> >     very short time and tried the same thing for sending. Maybe
> >     not
> >     what you are describing.
> >
> >     On 8/16/2020 2:26 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> >     >    I think this is what I meant when I said I could
> >     vibrate my
> >     > arm. I don't think I could do it now. It was very
> >     fatiguing and
> >     > I never tried it on the air, only practicing. I was
> >     supposed to
> >     > have a very good fist back then.
> >     >
> >
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