[Fists] Iambic Keying

Fri, 23 May 2003 07:08:30 -0700

The question at this point is bound to come up (I know I have to refresh my
memory on it each time): What the heck is the difference between Iambic
modes A and B?

Here is the answer:

http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/modeab.pdf

73,
Casey Bahr, KS7J, FISTS nr 3648, CC nr 450, CC/M nr 006
Trustee, K7FFF, FISTS Northwest, FISTS nr 4400, CC nr 457
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Philip Cala-Lazar
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 6:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Fists] Iambic Keying

I use iambic keying, mode A, on a daily basis. I find mode B with its
"trailing dit" very clumsy; but it appears to be the default, and only, mode
on many rigs' built-in keyers.

May I suggest those of you who don't enjoy, or can't get the hang of
operating iambically, to try mode A. You'll soon wonder why you've gone so
long without it.

BTW: I use a 25-year-old Bencher and Logikit CMOS-4 keyer. Also in daily
use, E.F. Johnson Speed-X straight key. I switch to the Speed-X for
sub-20-wpm QSOs.

73 es ZUT,

Philip, K9PL
FISTS #6753

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