On Saturday 24 December 2005 01:45, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > I've wondered about the same things that Jessie has. I was taught to send > using my whole forearm. That is, with my elbow is resting on the table and > all of the muscles in my arm are involved in operating the straight key.
I hold the key with two fingers on top and the thumb underneath and have no contact anywhere else. Someone in a club station commented on my sending with a straight key for hours with no support and not tiring. This was just a week after I received my first licence, G4ICV in 1979. I had played the piano for hours a day, sometimes eight at weekends, during the previous twelve years - excellent and incidental training for using a Morse Key. I had to laugh earlier. Someone (I won't give the callsign, but it was a 2x1) was calling CQ FISB on 20m. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ 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
