[Elecraft] Is the K2-keyer similar to most other Iambic keyers?

Hisashi T Fujinaka htodd at twofifty.com
Tue Aug 24 01:48:47 EDT 2004


That's where I started out. I then went to k7qo's pages at
http://www.qth.net/k7qo and that kind of got me thinking I need to learn
how to use the paddles and quit using my keyboard keyer.

You're all very bad influences. :)

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Actually, the timing is very, very consistent from keyer to keyer. The
> biggest difference is in choosing whether you want to use Mode A or Mode B
> keying.
>
> Some folks can switch from one mode to another easily, others have a very
> hard time. So you might want to consider which mode you plan to use.
>
> There's a good discussion of the modes at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6dmc3
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I'm sure there are timing differences in all of them, but I'm about to
> (finally, after 27 years of hamming) going to learn how to use paddle. Maybe
> even the darn Bencher paddles my parents gave me for Christmas. Christmas of
> 1979, I think.
>
> I suppose I could carry the K2 and a small power supply around with me, but
> I thought maybe just a small keyer would be easier for practice.
>
>

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