[CW] Russian Cootie Bug

[Darrel]

Thanks for posting that.  The video is most impressive - both seeing the 
bug in operation,and witnessing the skill of the operator. An education 
to me.

Cheers,

Darrel, aa7fv.

On 10/12/2020 7:21 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Enclosed is a document written by Lery, UA3AO a former Soviet Merchant 
> Marine Radio Officer and historian of Soviet and Russian 
> radiotelegraphy equipment .
>
> A quote from the beginning of the document is included here as a brief 
> summary of what is in the document.
>
> Photographs of three existing examples of this Cootie-bug which was 
> used from even before WWII by elite Soviet radiotelegraphers.
>
> The benefits are obvious.  You can see this key in operation here :
> https://youtu.be/9g6z7-d1fiI
>
> A preview of the beginning of the document is pasted below.
>
> 73
>
> DR
> N1EA
>
> The Semi-automatic key with two dash levers, The Cootie Bug WITH 
> "COOTIE DASHER"
>
>
> If semi-automatic Cootie Bug and even automatic keys, are studied in 
> all their myriad constructed options, from 1904 to the present day, 
> then the Cootie Bug with “cootie dasher”, that is with two dash 
> levers, which when alternately pressing the index finger to the left, 
> then to the right, producing a nearly uniform sequence of dashes, is 
> practically unknown to the world.
>
>
> Such a Cootie Bug actually exists and it was made in the beginning of 
> the World War II (or as it is called in Russia, the “Great Patriotic 
> War” (i.e. World War 2)  in the solely for use on communication lines 
> of the special services which had the most skilled radiotelegraphists 
> on the circuits.
>
>
> Advantages of semi-automatic with two levers are obvious - it exhibits 
> a noticeable improvement of the timing of the dash.
>
>
> At medium operating speeds of 130-160 characters per minute 
> transmission (26 to 32 wpm) on the Cootie Bug with two levers 
> is  indistinguishable by ear from a transmission using the electronic 
> keyer, indicating a high quality of transmission in the absence of 
> "Handwriting", or peculiarities in the sending,  which could identify 
> a certain operator. This "Handwriting" is called an operator's "fist" 
> in English.
>
>
>
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