Ed,
a.) Iambic keying comes quickly with practice. Proficiency may take longer.
I don't know.
I'm still waiting for real CW skill to come my way, but I love it.
b.) Begali Justification:
1.) They look fantastic on your operating desk.
2.) They seem to hold adjustment perfectly and seemingly
indefinitely.
3.) While the cost is significant, it is still a small
percentage of what many of us have tied up in all our ham gear.
4.) They spell better than lesser code instruments.
Okay, so maybe #3 might not be totally valid but the confidence that comes
from operating such a precision instrument may enhance our sending
proficiency.
No?
c.) FWIW, I agree with sending "de" in casual QSOs. It seems appropriate,
particularly from QRP stations in noisy band conditions. It assures the
other station that he really is listening to the correct signal, I think.
... Don K3RLL
Message: 9 ****************************************
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 23:21:31 +0000
From: "Dauer, Edward" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Elecraft] Keys as jewelry
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. Alan?s response, and
others?, raise two questions: Putting aside the self-evident virtue of
the maxim that ?whoever dies with the most toys, wins,? 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 ?de? 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
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