[CW] Russian Semiautomatic key with Cootie Dasher

[Walter - K5EST]

Excellent DR! Thank you.

I have been practicing using my cardboard Cootie Dasher next to a Vibroplex
Original. There is a good feel and rythm to touching the Cootie Dasher
especially when numbers are in the QSO text.

Of course being in zero land many of my contacts are zero land stations.
The Dasher would be a real benefit when maintaining rythm in sending.

73,

Walter - K5EST - WD


On Tue, May 24, 2022, 16:40 David J. J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> I heard from Gert PA3EYM and he mentions something very interesting to
> me.  Some of the numbers - for me - are difficult to send with a Russian
> Semi-automatic key with Cootie Dasher - Russian Cootie Bug or whatever you
> want to call it.
>
> Gert comes up with an answer!
>
> Hello David,
>
> Pleasure to hear from you!
> Thank you for mentioning my double lever bug key-in-the-making.
>
> (PHOTO HERE)
> [image: pa3eym__russian_cootiebug.jpeg]
>
> I still need to finish it, so it's good you mentioned it so I have it now
> on my to-do list now, hi.
> In its unfinished state, I did give it a try as I really wanted to feel
> how it works.
> I found that with numbers, you need to think a bit.
> For example, for a 7 you need to start the dah's right.
> And a with a 8 you need to start the dah's left.
> And than again for the 9 you start the dah's right.
> This to go to the dits in a natural left-right movement.
> I hope this makes sense, hi.
>
> The special Begali Intrepid sounds interesting.
>
> I like your two youtube videos about "Merchant Marine Telegraph History by
> N1EA".
> As a QRP I always dreamed of becoming a Radio Officer, but 'unfortunately'
> I was born too late, hi.
> Those videos give a nice insight of a Radio Officer.
> For me, ham radio is as close as I can get...
>
> Kind regards, 73, Gert, PA3EYM
>
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