On 2014-12-01 8:46 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
If you are just starting out, you may want to learn to send with dual lever paddles in Iambic (A or B your choice) and learn the squeeze sequences as well. That should help you when you get up to speeds above 30 wpm.
*IF* one must start out with paddles/keyer, learn on Iambic A. Iambic B was a logic error in the AccuKeyer and simply covers up sloppy (slow) paddle operation. There are really three Iambic modes - based on where the trailing element decision is made: Iambic A which makes the decision at the end of the current element. If the other paddle is closed at the end of a dit, the keyer adds a dah. If the other paddle is closed at the end of a dah, the keyer adds a dit. Iambic B makes the decision at the *beginning* of the current element. If both paddles are closed at the beginning of a dit, the keyer sends dit-dah. If both paddles are closed at the beginning of a dah, the keyer sends dah-dit. CMOS Super Keyer (Logikeyer) makes the decision *one dit time into* the current character. If the current element is a dit and both paddles are closed at the end of the dit, the keyer adds a dah. If the current element is a dah and both paddles are closed 1/3 of the way through the dah, the keyer adds a dit. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ 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
