[Elecraft] Re: simple iambic paddle

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Or you could save your money and do it with two jubilee clips (hose  
clips) on your fingers.
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On 24 Apr 2008, at 20:33, F5vjc wrote:

> 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
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