[Elecraft] Straight Keys, Paddles and Bugs

[Ken, KA0W]

Good to try (use) all the CW tools. Whatever the op
likes and is comfortable with is what the op will
prefer. One soon finds out that it's the op much more
than the specific tools that make the wonderful CW
noise. Excluding a keyboard perhaps. Even some of
those sound a little shabby when the op doesn't know
where the space key is at.

Have fun!

Ken, KA0W



 

    
--- Phil & Debbie Salas <dpsalas at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> "I learned CW on a straight key so it would be easy
> for me to say "that's
> the way it should be done".  Recently, I had the
> opportunity to observe
> my kids as they began learning morse and began
> sending.  ..."
> 
> I started on a straight key, re-learned on a bug,
> and then re-learned again 
> on paddles.  Since a CW op will wind up on paddles
> eventually, I think it 
> would be best to start there.  Of course, I started
> out back when a straight 
> key was very cheap, a bug was more expensive, and
> you had to have a very 
> expensive TO keyer (or equivalent) if you wanted to
> use paddles.  My 
> daughter (AC5NF) learned on paddles from day-one and
> had no problem.
> 
> Phil - AD5X 
> 
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