[Elecraft] Iambic Keying - Debunking the Myth

[David A. Belsley]

David:
   I would keep the Hex Key on order.  It is an excellent iambic  
key.  I would keep it and try.  If you never have a true iambic key,  
you'll never be able to find out if you really want one, so it is a  
good educational investment.  I have a Hex Key, which I like a good  
deal. I prefer non-magnetic types, such as my WBL, but I would not be  
at all unhappy if I had only the Hex Key.  Go at all of this with a  
positive, can-do attitude and enjoy.  Nothing worthwhile comes  
easily, but most worthwhile things are fun to attain.

best wishes, and good luck,

dave belsley, w1euy


On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:35 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

> Thank you for putting the other side of the case, I'm one of those  
> 'who are
> still trying to figure out how the wind blows'.
>
> I have a K3 on order and purchased a HexKey at the same time,  
> thinking it
> would be rather nice to have a key from Elecraft to go with the K3.
>
> However, as yet I can't send any Morse, having only got to the  
> point of
> 'almost' reading it all, and that at rather low speed.
>
> So, I'm not sure whether to keep the HexKey on order, since  
> shipment to the
> UK would be expensive if I wasn't shipping the K3 + as well. Or if  
> I should
> go for a much cheaper single paddle alternative from the UK.
>
> I know this will be a matter of personal preference, but that's  
> hard to make
> with previous experience at all to fall back to.
>
>
> On 10/9/07 15:17, "David A. Belsley" <belsley at bc.edu> sent:
>
>> I have chimed in here against my better judgement because I feel this
>> is an issue that has to be solved by each individual.  I know nothing
>> I say is going to change the minds of the "fundamentalists" on issues
>> like these, but for those who are still trying to figure out how the
>> wind blows, I simply say, "put up your own wetted finger and come to
>> your own conclusions -- they are the only ones that count."
>
> -- 
> I don't mind that you think slowly but I do mind that you are  
> publishing
> faster than you think.
> -Wolfgang Pauli, physicist, Nobel laureate (1900-1958)
>
>
>
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david a. belsley
professor of economics
boston college