[Elecraft] Kent Single Lever Paddles

[Ken N9VV]

I have always loved the A/B and Iambic vs XXX dicussions :-)
Here are some great articles by Chuck K7QO/K5FO (and others) that you 
might enjoy.
http://www.n9vv.com/K7QO-A-B-Iambic-Keying.pdf
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/05/20/10107/
http://www.morsecode.nl/iambic.PDF
http://www.morsex.com/pubs/iambicmyth.pdf
http://www.ka0iqt.net/keys.htm
http://www.kl7kc.com/FistsCodeCourse/manual.pdf
http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/ultimat.txt

Thank you Chuck for all the enjoyment you have given us over so many 
years of dits and dahs :-)

gratefully,
de Ken N9VV


Don Wilhelm wrote:
> 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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