I like the comment about going through an intermediate step... Maybe I'll look at a paddle instead. So what's this about iambic? What are the types of paddles out there?
On Nov 30, 2014 11:42 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to tom...@videotron.ca ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
