[Elecraft] K3 CW keyer issues

[Radio Amateur N5GE]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:16:28 -0700 (PDT), Barry <w2up at comcast.net>
wrote:

I really don't think this topic should be "K3 CW Issues".  It seems to
me that it has become a discussion of personal preferences and old war
stories about keyer types and other nostalgia, so I'll join the
fray...

I don't remember when I started using a keyer, but I'm pretty sure it
was around 1981 and that it was an MFJ keyer.  I remember that at that
time I had a friend, N5SW (no longer a ham) who had a keyer named the
"TO Keyer".  I had a lot of fun with him calling it the "Too Old"
keyer.  Maybe some of you have seen one of those keyers.  I'll bet
they're quite a collector's item these days.

At about the same time I bought my black Bencher paddles that I still
use when mobile.  The shack has the newer chrome plated one now. ;o)

I'have always used the B type iambic keying.  Try it you'll like it
once you have mastered it, but as others have said, it takes a little
practice.

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>
>Thank you for the intro Doug :.)
>
>I'll give Mode B a try in the K3.  If it isn't to my liking, I'll just hook
>up one of my many external keyers.
>
>Speaking of the HST and Ultimatic (from K2AV's post) I used Ultimatic in the
>competition in the numbers-only run.  I was much less prone to errors than
>true Iambic.  The only other person I know who uses Ultimatic routinely is
>W5ZL, who also participated in the HST in LZ last year.
>
>Barry W2UP