[Elecraft] Vibroplex - seen on ABC Pan Am (OT)

[stan levandowski]

For those who may be unaware, Vibroplex sells a "Vari-Speed" for both 
round and flat arm bugs.  I have one and it works quite well.  K4VIZ 
also produces a vertical bug at
a modest cost which slows down remarkably.   And the Begali INTREPID has 
a unique mechanical action with two weights that also provide extensive 
speed control.

No one is ever going to "win" this argument of 'perfect code' vs. 
'human-sent code'.  Perhaps it's not worth the effort to argue it.

I recently had a few CW ham friends to my house this past summer.  Of 
course we all were the first to claim that we had near perfect fists.  I 
brought out my Begali CW Machine, faced the monitor away from them, and 
handed them some newspaper text to send.  No one, including me, sent a 
single line of 'perfect code'.  Yet we all stood there copying in our 
heads and agreeing that the code sounded 'good.'

Apparently, our brains do a pretty good job of helping us to cope with 
all but the completely inept 'fist'.


On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:


> One cause of fast dits is that many Vibroplex bugs require extreme 
> measures
> to slow them down below 30 WPM.
  He did it by replacing the Vibroplex weights with a
> cable clamp!