[CW] Mobile "finger" key

[John]

When you operate mobile, you HAVE to head copy!

:-)

That was the big help for me

John K5MO

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> There are indeed QRQ mobile operators, one of the operators who sponsored
> me for Chicken-Fat-Operators-Club, Joe, WB1GLC, used to drive around
> sending at 50 WPM and refused to sponsor me unless I could match his speed.
>
> My Bencher paddles overheated!
>
> 73
> David N1EA
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2025, 10:17 AM George Hollis <k9zu at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been doing mobile cw for years. My rig is a ts50s mounted on a
>> speaker pedestal, and my vehicle is a Roadtrek RV, based on a Chevy 3500
>> Express chassis. My paddle is a bencher that is at the end of the right arm
>> rest. Unless you are left-handed, you would find the position relaxed and
>> not a compromise to your driving. My boast is that I can parallel park at
>> 50 wpm.  i can provide pix of the position if you wish. I am not alone,
>> there are several /cw folks, several of whom I qso on the low end of 40 on
>> a daily basis.
>>
>> De K9ZU.
>>
>> 73.
>>
>> George Hollis
>> Brunswick MD
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 7, 2025 11:34 AM
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>> Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject:* [CW] Mobile "finger" key
>>
>> ZCZC
>>
>> I would like to attempt mobile CW (without crashing my truck). I'm
>> looking for a key that could be worn like a ring on my index finger, and
>> use my thumb for working the key.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73,
>> Jeff KH6O / 6
>>
>> NNNN
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