Mode B, definitely. As a teenage novice in the 60s, I had the same keyer from Heathkit which was very mode B, for which I am thankful for because it was from that "axe" that I got my "chops". I built a dual paddle arrangement for it by screwing two J4 straight keys onto opposite sides of a small piece of vertical plywood. Amazingly, the Heathkit circuit worked like a modern keyer, with dot and dash memory, etc. (I am sure it had dot memory, but not so sure about dash memory).
My next keyer was one I build from the TTL logic design that was in the handbook years ago. I had made some mistake in the wiring that caused the dot injection to be very aggressive and early in its timing. It was a fortunate error because it required even quicker reflexes but was even more efficient. Actually, I would bet most people are Mode B'ers since the generation of keyers built with the Curtis chip would default to mode B, I believe. Nowadays, I even use auto character spacing, as well. The keyer timing in the K2 is very agreeable to my fist. Either it is an accurate simulation of mode B, or I am adaptable. It's too hard to tell. About ten years ago, I bought a Mercury paddle built by N2DAN himself (now being reprised by Bencher, I believe). I have come a long way from dual J4's on plywood. But then its been 40 years. Dudley - WA1X Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:48:14 -0400 From: "Dan Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: [Elecraft] Iambic mode faux pas To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I use mode B. A really doesn't work for me. I had an old, discrete logic Heathkit keyer from the 70's which evidently was mode B - and that stuck! Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456 <snip> So how many mode "A"ers are there out there? Am I the only mode B paddle pusher? </snip> ************************************* _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
