Dan KB6NU wrote:
If you're not patient enough to learn iambic keying, or you are having
trouble learning it, sell your dual-lever paddle and go out and buy a
single-lever one.
No need to sell your dual-paddle thingy, single-lever action is a
built-in *feature* of all dual-paddle keys. Nothing to switch, no menu
settings to change. Simply use your thumb for whatever element you have
on that side, and use whatever finger[s] you choose for the other
element ... just don't use them at the same time.
Fortunately, this is easy for many of us. I built my first keyer in
1957, about half way through my senior year in HS. It had about 10 dual
triodes, weighed about a brick, and I separated the left and right sides
of my bug [a decidedly single-lever device] and tied down the armature
to operate it . Contrary to the mildly pejorative comment about vacuum
tube keyers on the reflector recently, my current K1EL keyer operates
for me pretty much like my "brick" if you ignore the message memories
... which I usually do. Loading them is hard.
Now, the K1EL weighs about a an orange or maybe a small peach, runs off
a wall wart, doesn't get warm, and I suspect the electric meter spins
slower. Progress is progress.
73,
Fred K6DGW/7
Lincoln City OR
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