[SOC] [Fwd: Tuning a Straight Key]

[Bob Roske]

You can tune an antenna or a tank circuit, you adjust a key.

Adjust a Ham Key the same way you adjust any other key, to suit how you want 
your key to feel.
 A .15 gap is a place to start but the final spacing and tension is some 
unknown setting that feels right, for you.

73,
Bob Roske, NØUF

> -------- Original Message --------
> From: AC0GP <ac0gp at arrl.net>
> To: <soc at qsl.net>
> Subject: Tuning a Straight Key
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:37:23 -0600
>
> I picked up a Ham Radio Center HAM-KEY a few months ago.  I thought about 
> it
> as I read QST Dec 2008 article on page 61 about tuning straight keys.
>
> The article uses the J-38 for gap and tension.
>
> I applied the .15 gap to the HAM-KEY but the gap feels a bit wide. The
> tension is adjusted in a different manner.
>
> So, a question to the group -- What's the best way to tune the HAM-KEY?
>
> (I need to tell you that my code is less that 10wpm.)
>
> AC0GP/John
>
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