[Elecraft] OT - Two learnig the code tips

[d.cutter at ntlworld.com]

Your seating position is critical to long term comfort.  I learnt this on a typing course back in days of old.  The forearm needs to be horizontal, particularly NOT elbow lower.  An adjustable chair is good.  

I much prefer a disc under the knob so that the middle finger presses on that and the thumb and forefinger just rest on the knob for guidance.   The middle finger acts as a hinge against the larger movement of the wrist and arm which can move up and down an inch, whereas the gap might be only the thickness of paper.

David
G3UNA

> 
> From: Ian Stirling <g4icv at arrl.net>
> Date: 2007/10/19 Fri PM 07:03:48 BST
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Two learnig the code tips
> 
> On Friday 19 October 2007 12:17:06 Ken Kopp wrote:
> 
> > When using a straight key one's wrist ond/or forearm should 
> > never touch the desk. The thumb and fingers rest on the key 
> > knob and the elbow on the desk.  The wrist then becomes a 
> > "spring" or shock-absorber.  Sending with only wrist up-and
> > -down action will result in the dreaded "glass fist".
> 
>  With over 40 years of playing the piano, I do not need
> to support my elbow on the desk - that inhibits my
> control using wrist and arm from the shoulder action.
> I use a push pull action, two fingers on the top of
> the knob, thumb under, effectively gripping the knob.
>  Proper training in piano teaches all the muscles used
> to relax whenever possible, no matter how fleeting a
> moment is available. It's superb training for the
> incidental ability to use a straight key continuously
> with an unsupported arm for hours. (A two hour recital
> of Beethoven piano sonatas is much more physically
> demanding than operating a straight key for the same
> time)
> 
> Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #49262
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