[Elecraft] OT: Paddle training

[Chuck Mabbott]

I had turned that keyer around and put hand on top of box and that worked 
for me.  However I was just messing around and have not continued that way. 
I use bug most of the time and wired up a set of paddles to work like a 
double speed [cootie] key.  That is also a lot of fun.

73  Chuck  AA8VS

> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:27:18 -0700
> From: "Jack West" <w7ldxp at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training
> To: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>, "'John Cooper'"
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> Hi there,
>
> I can send using paddles right or left handed. I use the thumb for dits no 
> matter
> which hand I am using. This requires reversing the paddles for left handed
> keying. I came up with a simple solution. I use a bencher with the MFJ 
> 422B
> box mounted on it.
>
> For left hand operation I simply turn the bencher upside down. I installed 
> four
> Rad-Shack rubber feet on top of the 422 b box. This is a very simple 
> solution
> for swapping the paddles.
>
> Our club had a social CW net which met two nights a week. One mondays I
> checked using right handed keying. On Fridays I checked in left handed.
> Our NCS coined two new Q-Codes for this operation. QRH = right handed
> keying and QLH = left handed keying. He would always ask which I was
> using.
>
> I have a demo that uses two seperate paddles monted on a common board
> mounted 90 deg from each other. These paddles hook in parallel to the
> electronic circuit.  One set of paddles is labled right hand and the other 
> is
> labled left hand. I am able to QSO CW by alternating letters back and 
> forth
> using both hands.  Occassionally I may send two or three letters from the
> same paddle but not often.  I dont have tothink about it...it comes 
> naturally.
> I call my Demo "TWO FISTED CW"
>
> 73 de
> Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"
>
>