Everyone is soooo very literal these days! [:-) I used "J-38" to mean
any straight key that suits your fancy ... i.e. keyer+paddle, bug,
straight key. "J-38" is just well known and shorter than "straight
key," which I've now typed three times, with and without quotes and a
comma. Just need to ditch the keyboard until comfortable with your
manual keying device, keyboards introduce a separate skill ... typing
... into the mix.
Regarding Mode A/B: Mode B was a misteak in the programming of an early
Curtis keyer chip. Or maybe Mode A was the mistake. Might have been
some chip other than a Curtis. Every transceiver with a keyer I've
owned would do both [1 FT, 2 TS, K2, K3]. Can't remember if the KX1
would but I think it did.
Thus endeth Morse factoids for 5 Oct.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 10/5/2018 11:58 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
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
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