That's a very good and comprehensive list of suggestions, Fred. I've only one nit to pick in this statement:
> 3. 86 the keyboard and send with paddle/bug/J-38 Avoid the J-38 military straight key. The common J-38 was used in military service ONLY for Morse training. The equally-common J-37 is the Signal Corps key most often used with real front-line sets that might be exposed to combat environments. However, the Navy Type 26003 key is the finest of common military straight keys. It's what I use if forced to use an Asian-origin commercial ham rig. They seem not to know how to make a transceiver capable of Mode A iambic keying. I'd rub two wires together before I'd ever try using the horrific Mode B that almost all Asian ham rigs force on buyers. I really appreciate how every Elecraft rig ever made allows great Mode A iambic keying, so I don't often need to break out my 26003 straight key. Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ 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]
