[Elecraft] paddle key training

[Wes Stewart]

As a teenager, I knew an old gentlemen who had been a Western Union telegrapher.  He had a two-story house (unusual in Tucson) and the whole second floor was a replica of a WU station.  He wasn't a ham but had some TRF receivers that he'd built and one that I believe was US Navy surplus.

He gave me a Western Union "1-B Pole Changer Key" made by Bunnell, that I still use today.  If I want, I can wire it to send "inverted" CW.  (My fist is bad enough these days, it would hardly be noticeable)

Interesting tidbit, especially to a guy named Stewart: The first telegraph station in Arizona Territory (1871) was at Pipe Spring and the first operator was a 16 year old girl, named Ella Stewart.

http://www.nps.gov/pisp/planyourvisit/historical-figures.htm

Wes  N7WS

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Gary Gregory <garyvk4fd at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gary Gregory <garyvk4fd at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training
> To: "Ken - K0PP" <kengkopp at gmail.com>
> Cc: "elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 5:52 PM
> *Ken..the FW will reverse it too.*
> *
> *
> *Gary
> *
> On 26 March 2011 09:49, Ken - K0PP <kengkopp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Thumb on right paddle makes dits.
> >
> > Have a left-handed guest op?  Suggest turning
> paddles
> > around backwards and reach over the top.  (:-))
> >
> > 73!
> > Ken Kopp - K0PP
> > ElecraftCovers at gmail.com

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