Well, that isn't iambic, so maybe it won't matter. You should try squeeze keying some time. Dial it back to 9 wpm and really pay attention to what it's doing while you try to minimize what you are doing with your fingers. You'll send faster, and with less fatigue. Also, the key will stay in one place on the operating table<g>.
I'm sure, slapper or not, you make use of some of the keyer logic, such that an N is dah paddle, dit paddle, with both of them made and broken before the first element is complete. It's only natural. You probably do: dah dah dit dit close open close open while the keyer does: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah diiiiiit whereas I probably do: dah dit release close close both while the keyer does: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah diiiiiit Not a lot of difference in effort or the keyer results. The only big deal is on the "interesting" (from the point of view of Iambic) characters: C, F, K, L, Q, R, Y, and period. Do you really smack it four times to make an F? Dan <snip> Well, I'm left handed, but I send right-handed so I can still write. And, I'm part of the group (generally OT's) that just slap the paddles back and forth since my first "paddle" was a modified Lionel J-36. I will check and see which mode I'm using as soon as I find it in the K2 menu. I suspect it doesn't matter. Fred K6DGW </snip> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
