[Elecraft] Bug mode on K3?

[Al Gulseth]

Agreed on "bang for the buck"; another in that category IMHO is the Kent SP-1. 
I have both, with a slight edge to the Kent, but YMMV. And, for the op who 
wants the feel of a bug with an electronic keyer, the Vibroplex "VibroKeyer" 
is still in production... fifty years after it was introduced....

73, Al

On Tue December 9 2014 8:11:51 pm Bob wrote:
> Here is another single lever paddle:
>
> http://www.americanmorse.com/bushwhacker.htm
>
> Pretty decent bang for the buck.
>
> 73,
> Bob
> K2TK
>
> On 12/9/2014 8:37 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> > > Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way,
> >
> > Vibroplex, Begali, Schurr (Scheurnemann) and others still offer single
> > lever paddles.
> >
> >> most of the current rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key
> >
> > Any of the rigs, including the K3, that include keyers work just fine
> > with single lever paddles.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >    ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> > On 2014-12-09 7:35 PM, W2BLC wrote:
> >> I learned on a Vibroplex single lever paddle and a Hallicrafters HA-1 TO
> >> Keyer. That was in the 60s.
> >>
> >> Single lever paddles appear to have gone the way, as most of the current
> >> rigs (K3 included) do not well support such a key. Hence, I built a
> >> little box with a couple of 2032 batteries in it, a keyer chip, and a
> >> pot. It is attached to the side of my trusty single lever paddle. I
> >> connect it to my 480 or K3 as I would a straight key or a bug. No big
> >> deal to me.
> >>
> >> Of course, I am old fashioned. Imagine, still using a single lever
> >> paddle in this modern age of whatevers that can number messages or
> >> entries, self log, and maybe even time the turkey roast.
> >>
> >> Bill W2BLC K-Line
>
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