Bill, I've had a LOT of different keys and also settled on the Whiterook as a knockabout QRP key. I think it's really an excellent key. Lots of fun to use as a sideswiper too, and just a tad cheaper than....well just about everything other than a couple of nails in a plank and a hack saw blade!
I got the leg strap and it works fine although I found myself just holding on to it most of the time, but the leg strap allows you to have a free hand for logging etc so a nice option to have. 72, Steve W1SFR On Sep 29, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > Dennis L. Haarsager wrote >>> my ability to squeeze the paddles as fast as my "CW brain" is >> working is probably impaired over what it was back in the day. > > As Sverre correctly points out in his article: > > "The issue must be tolerance to errors, not just efficiency." > > For those who truly squeeze as required by true Iambic (as opposed to many > who use a dual paddle key as a single lever in non-Iambic), timing the > squeeze is more critical than slapping a single lever back and forth. For > the HST guys, timing at ~60 WPM rates becomes very critical. For older > hands that have lost some fine motor control, timing is also critical > although at much lower speeds. > > For sending at typical QRP speeds, there's no need to spend $335 for a > Begali Adventurer. Here's a video of the $30 Whiterook MK-33 sending at ~25 > WPM: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xK01E39GQ38#t=23 > > For another $10, they make a leg strap which is nice for portable or mobile > operation. I recently gave a MK-33 and leg strap to my stepson Christian > KF4LXB for his birthday. Here's his report: > > http://www.uwharrieqrp.com/2013/09/new-addition-to-portable-kit-whiterook.html > > > Of course you can also roll your own with some old relay parts. I did this > for my KD1JV ATS-3 Transceiver that I sometimes use for SOTA activations: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wutov8MVr6Q > > BTW you're near several SOTA summits in case you like to hike and operate > outdoors with your KX3. > > 73, Bill W4ZV > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KXPD3-and-single-lever-paddles-tp7579364p7579380.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
