On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:42 AM Radio KH6O <radio.kh6o@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any reason, other than asthetic, for not using a single-paddle keyer as a sideswiper?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.
It's mentioned in my "How to send with a Sideswiper" article on the web.
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