I don't agree. How does a straight key help you achieve proper spacing? Some of the worst sending I've ever heard comes from straight keys. Just get a paddle and let the keyer do its job. Your job will be to pay attention to the letter and word spacing. Also, as others have said, don't get an expensive paddle until you have enough experience to know what you want. The old Bencher BY1 is cheap and good.
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO > On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:51 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > > A straight key ... any quality straight key. Don't move to > paddles or a bug until you learn proper timing/spacing. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > >> On 2014-11-30 10:27 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote: >> Ok >> So I'm sure this is going to get a lot of opinions... What's the best key to >> start with? >> With the k3 of course. >> >>> On Nov 30, 2014 10:04 PM, Ray Sills <raysil...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> And, don't forget that CW is almost an international language. Even >>> if you don't speak any of the many foreign languages, most DX >>> operators understand the characters that we use for a QSO... QTH, >>> name, WX, RST. And when it's a DX station running... well, all you >>> get is your call and report (5nn). Many DX operators know enough >>> English to do the same in voice, but not all. CW fills in that gap. >>> >>> 73 de Ray >>> K2ULR >>> KX3 #211 >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 30, 2014, at 8:08 PM, lmarion wrote: >>>> >>>> If you want to work more DX than you ever thought possible: >>>> >>>> 1. Learn enough CW to do basic exchanges. >>>> Your speed and proficiency will increase dramatically by just doing >>>> it. >>>> 2. Get on 30 meters. Other countries have not abandoned CW >>>> like the USA has. You will work DX after DX station. >>>> >>>> You can even call CQ with QRP power and work stations worldwide. >>>> No need to wait for contests with their special rules and pileups. >>>> >>>> >>>> Leroy AB7CE >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 18:32 -0500, Tom Blahovici wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've >>>>> been on the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the >>>>> K3's built in CW decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only >>>>> know the letters CQ 5NN TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been >>>>> on CW before so all DXCC's were 'new'. >>>>> Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs >>>>> from around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me >>>>> to CW. Now I want to learn it so the next time the contest comes >>>>> around I'll enjoy it that much more. Was a blast. >>>>> 73's Tom >>>>> va2fsq.com >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 raysil...@verizon.net >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 li...@subich.com >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 k2vco....@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
