dave belsley, w1euy It's my understanding (though I've never used it) that it responds to a squeeze by repeating the last side closed. Thus, holding the dot side produces a string of dots, dash side dashes. Squeeze dot/dash give a dot followed by a string of dashes, while dash/dot produces a dash followed by a string of dots. There is no iambic element.
--------------------------------------------------- Interesting! I caught Tom's query and was very interested in the answer myself. I can't see the advantage to normal non-iambic keying though... When I send a "C" using an iambic keyer, I just squeeze, being sure to hit the "dah" side first. Two finger movements for one complete 'C' (plus letting go!) But it'd take four if the dashes repeated, the same as if I was using it in non-iambic mode. A "Q" on the iambic keyer takes two finger movements too. Hit the "dah" and during the second dash, tap the "dit" and I get a "Q" with the dit inserted after the second dah with logic-perfect precision. It sounds like the Ultimatic would require as many finger movements as a "standard" keyer. Am I missing something? (Probably. After 20 years on an Iambic keyer I went back to a Bug because it's more work and more satisfying. So don't ever expect me to be logical, Mr. Spock!) Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
