My Morse fist is better than my typing. I accidentally left out of the paragraph below, in my first post, the fact that I now use a dual paddle Bencher, though I never use the iambic function. Alan¹s response, and others¹, raise two questions: Putting aside the self-evident virtue of the maxim that ³whoever dies with the most toys, wins,² in what way is a Begali (or equivalent) superior to a much cheaper Bencher (or equivalent)? I need a plausible excuse for buying one. Second, I know the theory of iambic keying (e.g. the letter C is a squeeze rather than four movements); but never having tried to master it, I wonder - is the difference noticeable in practice - e.g. after 10 or 12 hours of CW contesting?
Finally, on the question of sending ³de² before a callsign, there is a large difference between pileups and contests on the one hand (call sign only) and casual QSOs on the other. SK, KN1CBR >------------------------------ > >Message: 10 >Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:54:48 -0700 (MST) >From: kd7gc <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW decoder . . . >Message-ID: <005d01d00d98$38681640$a93842c0$@com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Begali paddles are more like jewelry than something so plain-jane and >ubiquitous as a code key. I send my CW via keyboard now, but I still >want to have a number of Begali?s many models on my desk, even though I >will probably hardly ever use them. They are simply fantastic! > > > > > >73 > >Alan/KD7GC > > > > > > > >Alan R. Downing > >Phoenix, AZ > > > >From: Dauer, Edward [via Elecraft] >[mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 11:13 AM >To: kd7gc >Subject: K3 CW decoder . . . > > > >FWIW, I agree 100% with Dale (below) and with some of the other comments >in this thread, based on 57 years of 99.9% CW. Specifically: > >Although I used a straight key for my novice year (in 1957) and a >Vibroplex bug from then until about 10 years ago, I doubt that any of >that >learning helped my electronic fist when I started using electronic keyers >like those in the K3 and the KX3. Although I have been tempted by a >Begali, I am hard pressed to explain to myself why I want one (which, >truthfully, I do.) > >F ______________________________________________________________ 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]
