[Elecraft] simple iambic paddle

[Brian Lloyd]

On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Darwin, Keith wrote:

> Iambic or just paddles?  I think single-lever would be easier to home
> brew.  I envision a hack saw blade plus a couple of bolts for  
> contacts,
> all on a wooden base.  If you want iambic, that would be more  
> difficult.

Yes, it would. Some have discovered how much easier it is to use the  
iambic feature to insert an element into a string of another element.

> How much is the black widow kit?  I'm thinking it's like $30 or
> something but I don't recall and haven't done the internet search.

I have never heard of it. I will go look for it.

> When teaching my kids morse, I too found they had a much easier time
> with the paddles than the straight key.  In fact, they were both  
> able to
> learn iambic (squeeze) keying with less effort than learning the
> straight key.

That is what I am finding as well. As a sometimes-musician I find that  
I personally have no problem with timing and rhythm with a straight  
key but most of the kids just aren't there.

Brian Lloyd
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