[Elecraft] Getting Started With CW

[Tom Blahovici]

I like the comment about going through an intermediate step... Maybe I'll look at a paddle instead. 
So what's this about iambic? What are the types of paddles out there?

On Nov 30, 2014 11:42 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun,11/30/2014 8:25 PM, Leroy Marion wrote: 
> >   Does not a paddle and keyer give you perfect timing? 
>
> It's been nearly 60 years since I went through that. Paddles and keyers 
> did not exist -- we had "bugs," but did start on straight keys. But bugs 
> are inherently different from the paddle/keyer combo. Perhaps one of the 
> CWOps guys who are working with CW Academy can offer an opinion. Mine is 
> that sending good CW is mostly a matter of training our brain and 
> fingers to mimic the good CW that we hear. Unless you're a real straight 
> key "pro," they're far too slow for most on air CW, so if you're going 
> to learn what you're going to use, I don't see the value in going 
> through an intermediate step. 
>
> BTW -- if you want to get a great start on CW (or build your skills), by 
> all means take advantage of CW Academy. This is the brainchild of K6RB 
> and a few other CWOps members, and it's been quite successful. 
> http://www.cwops.org/  I'm a proud member of CWOps, but not very active. 
> It's a great group. Membership is by invitation. You don't need to be a 
> member to be in CW Academy or the many on-the-air events. Check out the 
> website. 
>
> 73, Jim K9YC 
>
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