On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Darwin, Keith wrote:
Iambic or just paddles? I think single-lever would be easier to home
brew. I envision a hack saw blade plus a couple of bolts for
contacts,
all on a wooden base. If you want iambic, that would be more
difficult.
Yes, it would. Some have discovered how much easier it is to use the
iambic feature to insert an element into a string of another element.
How much is the black widow kit? I'm thinking it's like $30 or
something but I don't recall and haven't done the internet search.
I have never heard of it. I will go look for it.
When teaching my kids morse, I too found they had a much easier time
with the paddles than the straight key. In fact, they were both
able to
learn iambic (squeeze) keying with less effort than learning the
straight key.
That is what I am finding as well. As a sometimes-musician I find that
I personally have no problem with timing and rhythm with a straight
key but most of the kids just aren't there.
Brian Lloyd
Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl
brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.791.912.8170 (fax)
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