On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Joseph Trombino Jr wrote:
I'll be using a U.S. Navy flameproof hand key...for a couple of
QSO's before my wrist breaks down (grin)....hope the CW is
intelligible.
Now, if you have that key adjusted correctly, and are using it
correctly, you should be able to send CW all day on a straight key
without any problems or pain.
About 30 years ago, 73 magazine had an excellent article about "glass
arm" -- how telegraph operators would get it and it would put them
out of a job. It also spoke of how to avoid it -- to use a rather
wide spacing, loose trunnions, pivot on your elbow and have your
whole arm move when you key. If you key just with the muscles of your
wrist, you'll tire out in no time.
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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