[Elecraft] Single Lever Paddle Follow Up

[Jack Regan]

Thanks for all the input re: single lever paddles.

Since I had just recieved my 15 wpm endorsement for the ARRL Certificate of Proficiency (obtained at 10 wpm) I decided to treat myself to a single lever paddle.  I got a good deal on a Kent SP-1 on eBay and made the deal.

I love it. It works and looks great.  I have been using a chrome Bencher Iambic and it works just fine. It even works well as a single lever  paddle. Just don't squeeze it!

I hooked the Kent up to both my Kenwood TS-570D and my KX1.  The Kenwood appears to have only an iambic A mode and my KX1 was set for mode A.  The Kent worked fine on both rigs.  

I then set the KX1 to iambic B and expected to lose the squeeze function, as in mode A,  but still get the opposite dash or dot as the case may be, when I "held" the dot or dash past the half way point.  This did not happen.  I did not think this could be because the KX1 "knew" I had a single lever paddle but I tested this with my Bencher and got the same results.  Anybody have an idea?

Jack , AE6GC