For those who may be unaware, Vibroplex sells a "Vari-Speed" for both round and flat arm bugs. I have one and it works quite well. K4VIZ also produces a vertical bug at a modest cost which slows down remarkably. And the Begali INTREPID has a unique mechanical action with two weights that also provide extensive speed control.
No one is ever going to "win" this argument of 'perfect code' vs. 'human-sent code'. Perhaps it's not worth the effort to argue it. I recently had a few CW ham friends to my house this past summer. Of course we all were the first to claim that we had near perfect fists. I brought out my Begali CW Machine, faced the monitor away from them, and handed them some newspaper text to send. No one, including me, sent a single line of 'perfect code'. Yet we all stood there copying in our heads and agreeing that the code sounded 'good.' Apparently, our brains do a pretty good job of helping us to cope with all but the completely inept 'fist'. On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > One cause of fast dits is that many Vibroplex bugs require extreme > measures > to slow them down below 30 WPM. He did it by replacing the Vibroplex weights with a > cable clamp! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
