On May 10, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
Thank goodness for iambic mode A. I never understood how mode B,
the result
of a logic design error in an early (1960s) electronic keyer
design, caught
on.
It's not an error, it is there on purpose!
I built a Mini-MOS key (from a 73 magazine article) back in 1979. It
has dot and dash memories -- the quality that gives it Mode B. It
takes extra circuitry to do this -- it's not just a "logic design
error".
Its timing is trickier than mode A, but it still requires exactly the
same number of hand motions to send a particular character.
I don't find Mode B timing impossible - in fact, it is more relaxed
than mode A -- you let go of the paddles a lot sooner.
I think the bottom line is that you prefer whatever technique you've
trained on.
I have trouble with Bencher paddles. I usually knock my ancient
paddles so hard the base moves slightly. First time I ever tried to
use a Bencher, the paddles came off and the spring went flying across
the room!
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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