I passed 13 wpm to pass General in the early 80s and never made a single CW QSO
- didn't even use a key to practice. But when I passed the no-code Extra in
2007 I decided to work CW until I could copy at least 20 wpm. Bought a paddle
and decided to learn to use it with my left hand so my
-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of William Ravenel
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:37 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
I passed 13 wpm to pass General in the early 80s and never made a single CW
QSO - didn't even use a key to practice
Hi, Phil;
Good story. Since you were an examiner, I thought I'd pass this along. I
took my 2nd Class Telegraph examination in Oklahoma City in 1978. My mother
had to drive me from Enid, OK because I didn't have a driver's license.
There were probably 70 people standing in the hallway waiting
I've heard several stories like this. It's a special skill, which is different
from what
most of us who learned the code as hams have developed. The text goes into the
brain,
where it is buffered, and then out the fingers.
In some cases the people who can do this may not be able to tell you
On 6/29/2011 9:06 PM, Duncan Carter wrote:
I'm a leftie who was forced to be right handed in elementary school.
Same here only it didn't work with me. I reverted to left-handed
printing as soon as I hit middle school. While there, my new found
Elmer [a leftie] told me We will learn to send
Vic, I wonder if this is a special skill or an example of some normal human
ability which has not been suffocated at an early age by some poor teaching
process, at school for instance,
In the world of music some of our friends, and many others of course, can
listen to a short work which they
I like **some** iambic keyers.
The important thing in any discussion of iambic keyers is WHAT MODE(S)
does it use. When an iambic dit-dash sequence is being sent, mode B
keyers send a dit if the paddles are released during a dash, or a dash
if the paddles are released during a dit. In
You're bringing back some memories. One of the questions in the pool of
my 10 schematic drawing or other short answer
questions was:
Draw a schematic diagram of a maritime battery charging system containing a
six pole double throw switch such
that each of a pair of batteries is either connected
I found Iambic keying wonderful to use. I stopped only because it *ruined* my
fist for a bug, Hi!
To make a C you just squeeze both paddles with the dash paddle closing
slightly ahead of the dot.
To make a Q you just hold the dash paddle and tap the dot paddle at any time
during the second
Stewart
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wed, June 29, 2011 11:07:42 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
I found Iambic keying wonderful to use. I stopped only because it *ruined* my
fist
Another advantage of iambic keying is that it's easy to send with your
non-dominant hand, leaving the other hand free to write without juggling the
pencil. Think about stringed instruments -- CW is music, after all. One of
my elmers suggested this decades ago and I've been sending left-handed ever
OK, I have made a vow to learn to send with my right hand within the
next year, so my left hand is free to write. Then I will not have to
change any of the transmitters to reverse the paddles anymore.
Being a Southpaw can be a good thing!
73,
Don W3FPR
On 6/29/2011 9:26 PM, Carl Clawson
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Carl Clawson carlclaw...@frontier.comwrote:
Another advantage of iambic keying is that it's easy to send with your
non-dominant hand, leaving the other hand free...
I remember as a Novice reading about legendary contester Katashi Nose,
KH6IJ, who sent with one
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
OK, I have made a vow to learn to send with my right hand within the
next year, so my left hand is free to write. Then I will not have to
change any of the transmitters to reverse the paddles
Or you could do what I did: shatter my right wrist in so many places
they had to pin it together. For eight weeks I was in a cast that held my
hand immobile; thus necessitating my entry into the world of left
handedness. I learned to do every thing with my left hand, most
especially
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OK, I have made a vow to learn to send with my right hand within the
next year, so my left hand is free to write. Then I will not have to
change any of the transmitters to reverse
Stewart
From: Rose elecraftcov...@gmail.com
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
Sent: Wed, June 29, 2011 10:17:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
And the TBL was powered by a M/G set somewhere below (:-)
73! Ken
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Sent: Wed, June 29, 2011 10:34:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Iambic Keying (WAS: Straight key first?)
Heh. I just copy in my head. Have pretty much since the beginning. The only
time
I've ever written down anything during cw q's has been 1) traffic handling and
2) logging. When I
When I passed the Extra test in 1958, I copied just over a minute
continuously which was my printing speed limit; my script speed limit
was lower. At that time I could copy code at 55 wpm on my electric
Olympia but I've never been able to type that fast on a computer
keyboard. Since then,
On 6/29/2011 8:48 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
For that matter, it would be pretty hard to head copy and then
write a full minute with no errors to pass the FCC code test.
Head copy is pretty much a ham radio thing.
Starting in the late 1960s I was one of the FCC code examiners in San
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