[Elecraft] A or B ?

[Frederick Dwight]

The most important thing is to choose either A or B and stay with that.  It is very difficult to change, I know !  Decades ago I chose B since some rigs did not have the A choice.  Many folks who use B do not squeeze many characters, and any potential advantage of the B mode is small (if it exists).  I squeeze roughly a half dozen characters and it took me a long time to be comfortable with Iambic B.  One reason I still use Iambic B is I have too much time and money invested in my dual lever paddle collection.  If I was just starting now, I think I would for sure go to a single lever paddle, then either A or B choice does not make a difference.  I have 67 years of 
CW experience as a ham and some commercial operation, and switching between hand keys, bugs, and Ultimatic (spelling) keyers was easy, and even a brief period using a single lever paddle at a friends house was easy.  However when I was stuck with a Iambic A rig on a vacation after years of B operation, my CW was awful.  So personally I think the world would be better without B, but keep it as an option since some of us are too ancient to retrain.  Cheers,  Rick KL7CW

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