[Elecraft] Elecraft CW keying mistakes using bugs - semiautomatic keys

[Victor Rosenthal]

I rarely use it any more, because I'm lazy. The keyer is easier. Also, 
my bug fist isn't what it used to be. But I do want it to sound clean 
when I do.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
CWops #5
Formerly K2VCO
https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 10/05/2021 3:02, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 5/9/2021 12:14 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
>> I use a reed relay with a capacitor across the coil with my bug. The 
>> K3 is not the only modern radio that keys poorly with a bug.
>
> A cousin who had used it in the Navy gave me his bug when I was a new 
> ham, and when you and I were working on the Traffic Hounds Morning 
> Watch. I quit it cold turkey for an early electronic keyer sometime in 
> the '60s. I don't debate your advice, Vic.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC (ex-W8FNI)