To all the cw buffs, I'm a little confused.
As far as I can tell, a single lever paddle, when connected to a keyer, sends dots when pushed in on one direction and dashes when pushed in the opposite direction. Presumably this prevents the possibility of a keyer sensing both contacts closed at the same time. Thus, it occurs to me that if the keyer in my KX1 is set for Iambic A, Then I will get continuous, properly spaced dots or dashes when I close the appropriate contact but will lose the "benefits" of squeezed" characters! Is this correct? Similarly, if my keyer is set for mode B, I would still get the dots and dashes but lose the auto completion function as well as the squeese function. Have I got it right? BTW, I am using Iambic A right now, and always have. It works fine but I sometimes find myself naturally just sending certain squeese character in a "single paddle manner." Given the fact that many top ops seem to like and use single lever paddles, I thought I would give it a try! Thanks in advance, Jack, AE6GC PS. I just got my 10 wpm Certificate of Code Proficiency from ARRL. I am more proud of that than passing the Extra exam and WAS!!! I am going for 15 wpm tonight during the West Coast Qualifying Run. Wish me luck! J _______________________________________________ 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
