I’m not a CW operator, but if you have any RSI issues from computer use, be careful about spending a lot of time with a straight key. Professional telegraphers got an early version of RSI called “glass arm”. It appears that you can avoid that with excellent technique, the same way you avoid RSI on a computer. But I have not heard of RSI injuries with paddles.
wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Nov 30, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun,11/30/2014 8:25 PM, Leroy Marion wrote: >> Does not a paddle and keyer give you perfect timing? > > It's been nearly 60 years since I went through that. Paddles and keyers did > not exist -- we had "bugs," but did start on straight keys. But bugs are > inherently different from the paddle/keyer combo. Perhaps one of the CWOps > guys who are working with CW Academy can offer an opinion. Mine is that > sending good CW is mostly a matter of training our brain and fingers to mimic > the good CW that we hear. Unless you're a real straight key "pro," they're > far too slow for most on air CW, so if you're going to learn what you're > going to use, I don't see the value in going through an intermediate step. > > BTW -- if you want to get a great start on CW (or build your skills), by all > means take advantage of CW Academy. This is the brainchild of K6RB and a few > other CWOps members, and it's been quite successful. http://www.cwops.org/ > I'm a proud member of CWOps, but not very active. It's a great group. > Membership is by invitation. You don't need to be a member to be in CW > Academy or the many on-the-air events. Check out the website. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
