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

[Ken Alexander]

Yeah I know.  It's like debating about the best equalizer setting for 
optimum transmit audio...very subjective.  Anyway, I've said my piece 
and Eric will probably be happy to see we've moved on without any 
prompting on his part! :-)

73 - Ken, VE3HLS


On 29/10/2011 2:50 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
> 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!
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