[Elecraft] Re: simple iambic paddle

[F5vjc]

Or you could forget about all the expensive mechanical junk, hacksaw
blades etc and just build one of these cool devices.

http://www.cwtouchkeyer.com/

Works perfectly,  and you can customise it as you wish.

73,Deni
F5VJC

2008/4/24 Niel Skousen <nskousen at talisman-intl.com>:
> there was a small pcb based training keyer kit, manhatten style, several
> years ago.  Had a tick based keyer, a small piezo spkr, a single switch, and
> couple resistors.  The paddles and everything was built from the raw PCB
> materials.
>
>  took about 20 min or so to make, and as I recall was $12 or so...
>
>  Anybody remember a link to it ? is it still available ?  Vaguely seems it
> was a Norcal project kit for the Az hamfest.  Doug Hendricks may remember
> better that I.
>
>  Should fit the bill perfectly.
>
>  Niel
>  WA7SSA
>
>
>
>  Brian Lloyd wrote:
>
> >
> > 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
> > Granite Bay Montessori School          9330 Sierra College Bl
> > brian AT gbmontessori DOT com          Roseville, CA 95661
> > +1.916.367.2131 (voice)                +1.791.912.8170 (fax)
> >
> > PGP key ID:          12095C52A32A1B6C
> > PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0  CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C
> >
> >
> >
> >
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73, Deni
F5VJC
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