[Elecraft] Kent Single Lever Paddles

[Don Wilhelm]

Nick,

I don't know about any of the others who have trouble with dual lever 
paddles except myself, but I developed a habit a long time ago that I 
just can't shake - with dual levers I end up squeezing when I should 
not, so I get dot insertions in a string of dashes.
The habit comes from using a bug - Both the thumb and finger are in 
contact with the paddles until the character is ended - it works fine 
with a single lever or an Ultimatic mode keyer, but just will not send 
correct code from dual paddles with any Iambic keyer - mode A or mode B, 
but mode B is worse.  Despite endless periods of practice I have not 
been able to change.  My taste for CW has diminished a lot because of 
the non-availability of Ultimatic mode on internal keyers.

73,
Don W3FPR


Nick-WA5BDU wrote:
> Wow, if I had to do all that extra junk I'd get rid of my dual paddle 
> Kent, Brown Bros., and K8RA keys and go back to that cruddy Heath 
> single paddle integrated unit I used to have.
>
> Steve, I think you make the common assumption that having a dual 
> paddle *requires* the operator to use the "squeeze" method.  It really 
> doesn't.  It just *allows* you to go from dit to dah and vice versa 
> more efficiently.
>
> 73--Nick, WA5BDU
>
>
> n4lq wrote:
>> With duals, we push left and hold, push right, release left, release 
>> right. 4 moves! I
>> Steve Ellington
>> N4LQ at insightbb.com
>
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