[Elecraft] OT: "Tapping" the key

[n5ge at n5ge.com]

We had a fellow in the radio school class I attended at Ft Knox who tapped, or
should I say pounded the J38 when sending.

He was sent to cook school after a week of sending tests.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member


On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:22:02 -0600, "Ken - K0PP" <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:

>        
>Yes, the "strange" way the youngster in the video was 
>"addressing" the key leaped out at me, too.  I have a 
>nicely-done drawing in a frame on my shack wall that 
>was sold in QST some years ago.  It depicts a 1930's 
>station with an HRO, Atwater-Kent and a gas lamp on 
>the wall ... and ... the operator is shown sending code 
>with his right index finger and the key is sideways to 
>his hand!
>
>73!
>Ken - K0PP 
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