[Elecraft] RE: High End Paddles

[Ken Miller K6CTW]

All,

I have used a number of paddles over the years, and now I use them only while mobile (I just can't make the Blue Racer NOT send extra dots on bumps :-)).  I have tried the Bencher, the Vibroplex Square Brass Racer and have now settled on the Vibroplex Code Warrior.  

At home I have a Profi, and it has very positive touch but I still use a bug for almost all my CW as I find that it just "feels" better.  I have 4 different Originals, a J-36, a WW-II Lightning Deluxe, a Champion, a Nye Viking, a Deluxe Mackey and my trusty Blue Racer (which I bought for myself in 1967 when I got my license).  The paddles make great code, particularly when I try and get past 30 or so WPM on the bugs (which is where my sending starts to fall apart).  However, since I don't get to go that fast very often anymore, the paddles have been just gathering dust on my operating desk.  Besides, I can't send Morse (that's the REAL MORSE a.k.a American Morse) with a paddle.

As time goes on, and when I can no longer make good code on my bugs, I'll go back to the paddles, but for now I think I'll just keep going with my trusty Vibroplex.

Good luck and hope to work all of you on CW one of these days.

73,

Ken Miller, K6CTW