[CW] Excellent sideswiper sending from F8GNV

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:42 AM Radio KH6O <radio.kh6o at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any reason, other than asthetic, for not using a single-paddle
> keyer as a sideswiper?
>
>
> http://vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/d10_VIBROKEYER_single_lever_paddles.html
>
> 73,
> Jeff KH6O
>

Hello Jeff, Aloha!

I use a modified Vibroplex single lever keyer. I found the width of the
combination of the button knob and the paddle knob to be too great for
comfortable sending in cootie mode, so I had someone make me a single knob
with a inset fastener with a special U shaped two prong spanner to tighten
it.  Much better, someone on the Internet was selling such a modification
but I could not find it right now.  Maybe it's gone.  Maybe Vibroplex will
make one.
http://www.sideswipernet.org/pix/n1ea_vibrokeyer_ssk_1.jpg


It's mentioned in my "How to send with a Sideswiper" article on the web.
https://www.qsl.net/n1ea/sideswiper

There's also a link in that article to a recording from circa 1910 of fast
hand key sending which is very interesting.

73

DR
N1EA


______________________________________________________________
> CW mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:CW at mailman.qth.net
> CW List ARCHIVES: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/
> Unsubcribe send email to
> cw-unsubscribe at mailman.qth.net
> Subscribe send email to cw-subscribe at mailman.qth.net
> Support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> =30=
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/attachments/20230714/35a66bce/attachment.html>