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To: "Dale Putnam" <daleput...@hotmail.com>; "Bill" <w2...@nycap.rr.com>;
"elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 6/27/2016 2:00:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Key Recommendation
>One other thing to ad
Those that use QLF or worse, LID are rude. If it isn't a friend poking fun
then I ain't got time for that. Throw me your worse CW using a clothespin
and some thumb tacks. I'll copy what I can and hopefully encourage you to
improve. No paddles or keyer required.
That said, there's nothing sweeter
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To: "Dale Putnam" <daleput...@hotmail.com>; "Bill" <w2...@nycap.rr.com>;
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Sent: 6/27/2016 2:00:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Key Recommendation
One other thing to add for the original
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> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 12:34 PM
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Key Recommendation
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> Long arm keys, typically those found in maritime service, are the most
> pleasant of the st
net> on behalf of Bill
<w2...@nycap.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 12:34 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Key Recommendation
Long arm keys, typically those found in maritime service, are the most
pleasant of the straight keys to use. They are expensive.
An
American Morse Equipment has a variety of small paddles. I have their
porta-paddle mounted on my field ops clipboard with Super-Velcro, and it
works great. Not sure why you want a small one like the KX3 however,
you'll have to figure out how to hold it down. It's hard to beat a
Bencher BY-1
Long arm keys, typically those found in maritime service, are the most
pleasant of the straight keys to use. They are expensive.
An inexpensive alternative is the Czech key seen at:
http://www.uv3r.com/CzechMorseKeys/ has a nice feel also. They can be
found from $25 to $60 on the Internet.
I don't think it matters that what you practice on matches the KX3 key
either. Almost any paddle that is comfortable for you should be fine.
There's a difference between dual and single lever paddles, but even
then, if you learn on one, it won't take much to adapt to something else.
Dual
It's smart to practice on an Elecraft rig. What seems to bother most Hams is
not the key so much as the keyer and whether or not you want to become
proficient at Iambic (squeeze) keying. There are two common modes of Iambic
keyer operation and, depending upon the keyer implementation, they
I wonder if trying to match the size and action are really that important.
Once you have say Iambic-B down on one set of paddles then moving to
another set is not a real challenge I think. A few minutes warm-up and away
you go.
The Begali Adventure is a beautiful key. I own other Begali keys and
Rick,
Re "a desktop key that is close to the size and
action of the key attached to the KX3": That's
your core question, it appears.
Size-wise the Begali Adventure is likely close,
but action-wise likely not. It can be a desktop
key on the right base. But price is likely
prohibitive for
: rick jones via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 11:21 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] CW Key Recommendation
Could someone recommend a desktop key that is close to the size and action of
the k
Could someone recommend a desktop key that is close to the size and action of
the key attached to the KX3? This Advanced class ham has not sent code in
decades and I would like to start sending on my K3 so can someday use a KX on
CW from a remote location. I will be practically starting from
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