[Elecraft] Not moving your wrist sending CW ?

EricJ eric_csuf at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 29 21:01:50 EDT 2020


Here's one example. No apparent squeeze keying. No wrist movement. Just 
flying fingers. There are dozens of them on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZEwZzuqW0

Eric KE6US

On 3/29/2020 1:24 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> On 2020-03-29 2:01 PM, EricJ wrote:
>> The bug was developed to minimize destructive wrist action. Operators
>> learned to roll their wrist, but not really flex it in any way. I've
>> noticed most of the high speed ops on youtube demonstrating Begali
>> (what else?) keys use two fingers and thumb with no wrist movement.
>
> The only place I know that Morse was sent using "fingers only" was with
> iambic/squeeze keying using an electronic keyer.
>
> I learned on a straight key 50+ years ago where I was taught to use the
> entire forearm.  I moved to a bug where I was taught to roll the forearm
> (confirmed after the fact by my wife's grandfather who was a long time
> Western Electric landline operator/station manager) to a single paddle
> TO keyer and eventually to a dual paddle keyer.  I still roll my wrist
> and use very little finger movement (obviously I don't "squeeze").
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2020-03-29 2:01 PM, EricJ wrote:
>> Sending Morse by foot isn't so rare. It's common enough that a Q-code 
>> was developed especially for it.
>>
>> Most of us started on a straight key (62 years) where wrist action is 
>> more important. The bug was developed to minimize destructive wrist 
>> action. Operators learned to roll their wrist, but not really flex it 
>> in any way. I've noticed most of the high speed ops on youtube 
>> demonstrating Begali (what else?) keys use two fingers and thumb with 
>> no wrist movement. I've only seen it on youtube as nobody I've known 
>> since the Army ever sent that fast!
>>
>> Eric KE6US
>>
>
>
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