[Elecraft] OT: type of Keying

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

Well, this topic has migrated from requests for "my" kind of keyer to
a comparision of the various types (including words such as "relic").

For the life of me, I can't see the practical difference.  I
understand the difference, but comparing iambic to utlimatic, I see
essentially the same number of finger movements for the majority of
letters/numbers.

1.  The letter C in iambic requires each finger to close and open
once. Ultimatic seems to involve more movements.

2.  The figure 2:  same for both: each finger closes and opens once.

3.  The letter J:  a shorter version of the figure 2.  Both methods =
same number of finger movements.

4.  Punctuation "period": Iambic seems to have fewer movements.

5.  Letter R:  both the same: each finger closes and opens once.

6.  Punctuation "?": Thumb closes and opens twice with iambic.
Ultimatic: thumb opens/closes just once.

I'm not going to go through the entire alphabet, it it seems that this
is purely personal preference with no advantage for Ultimatic over
Iambic.

Am I missing something?  Please enlighten me...I am always anxious to learn!

:-)

de Doug KR2Q