[QCWA] SideSwiper Techniques

[Gerry Skinner]

Doug:   Thanks!!!! Gerry
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From: Doug <dmulloy at pacifier.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] SideSwiper Techniques


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Skinner" <k4lvz at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "QCWA- mailman" <QCWA at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:55 AM
> Subject: [QCWA] SideSwiper Techniques
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> To all who knew(know) or were CW Operators on shipboard or shore stations
in
> the 20's es 30's.
>
> The homemade sideswiper type key is not hard to make, however the keying
> technique is a problem!!!!!
> Did these operators use one side for dots and the other for dashs or did
> they use one side for all? How much spacing between the posts?
> My curiosity was aroused by a sea story in an old Saturday Evening Post.
>
> 73 es Tnx  Gerry, K4LVZ
> QCWA# 17107
> _______________________________________________
> I attended a high speed Morse demonstration in the 50s and the sideswiper
> was shown and demonstrated by W7CHN (SK). He had been a railroad
telegrapher
> for many years. As I recall it, he said the real sideswipper pros used
both
> sets of contacts for both dot and dash. That is, the op held it to the
> contact long enough for what ever duration was needed. To me this seemed
to
> call for some mental activity in addition to dexterity. He also said some
> ops used one contact for dash and the other for dots. It all being a
matter
> of op training/preference.   The demonstration was about 90 minutes and I
> recall the two ops, both hams, switching between International and
> Continental code in the middle of a transmission also. Cut numbers was
> another technique I learned about that evening. They also displayed a true
> left handers bug.
> 73
> Doug K7ABX
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