Hi Fred,
This is the video you remembered. Denise has a unique sending style and remarkably good -- and error free -- bug sending. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYhrSEERvbI 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jensen" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 6:40:22 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Not moving your wrist sending CW ? Commercial operator Denice Stoops, KI6BBR, who has the distinction of sending the final broadcast from San Francisco Radio [KPH] when commercial CW shut down did so using a Vibroplex bug. Her technique was a rolling motion of her forearm with little if any independent finger movement. She made zero misteaks. It's the technique I remember other commercial ops using in the 50's, and it's a technique I never learned. I think it's a lot like how you hold a pencil when writing, Whatever floats your boat. In this time of seclusion, and running out of stuff to watch on the DVR, we watched a Titanic program on the Smithsonian channel on Netflix. It turned out to be fairly superficial [I expected better from the Smithsonian], and did not do credit to the role wireless played in the disaster [the CW was from a code oscillator and did not sound like the 5 KW synchronous spark TX in the other room]. Jack Phillips was depicted sending with one finger on a somewhat J-38ish looking key and sending Continental code while working Cape Race. If memory serves me [often doesn't these days], ships in that era used American Morse with North American stations. Again ... whatever works for you. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 3/28/2020 3:47 PM, Jim Danehy wrote: > Well I have been sending CW for 70 years now. I am not the most accomplished > Morse operator you will copy. But I wonder why someone would think it is > improper procedure to move your wrist ? I have watched musicians play guitars > and bass instruments. They all move their wrists. I am not a musician myself. > But when I do send Morse I get into a rhythm like musicians do. With 70 years > of experience I have evolved into a competent operator. > > Many years ago my XYL told me that I also send Morse with my vocal cords when > i send CW. She noted that when serving me food during my contesting. She was > correct. My speed might be higher than the average Morse operator. I started > with a straight key in 1950. Went to a Vibroplex bug in 1954. Up Graded to an > electronic keyer in 1966. During that 16 year period I always moved my wrist. > I probably own two dozen keys and paddles. I don’t get over 35 wpm very > often. But if I find that rare operator who can copy QRQ I can crank it up. I > can send with either hand too. The one thing I do is not think about what I > am doing. It is all reflexes. I am a member of several CW oriented clubs. The > German High Speed operators are excellent users of Morse. Google that > organization. > > To say that moving your wrist is incorrect procedure might appeal to some. > Not me. By the way I decided years ago to put a paddle on the floor and use > my foot. Really! That allowed me to use both hands. I have not done that for > some years. I think I can still do that. using your feet: LF operating. In my > case it was RF (right foot). That was just a challenge. It did take some > practice. > > I sure beats some of these current modes which do not require any operator > skill. > > 73 > Jim > W9VNE/VA3VNE > ______________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
