Nick,
I don't know about any of the others who have trouble with dual lever
paddles except myself, but I developed a habit a long time ago that I
just can't shake - with dual levers I end up squeezing when I should
not, so I get dot insertions in a string of dashes.
The habit comes from using a bug - Both the thumb and finger are in
contact with the paddles until the character is ended - it works fine
with a single lever or an Ultimatic mode keyer, but just will not send
correct code from dual paddles with any Iambic keyer - mode A or mode B,
but mode B is worse. Despite endless periods of practice I have not
been able to change. My taste for CW has diminished a lot because of
the non-availability of Ultimatic mode on internal keyers.
73,
Don W3FPR
Nick-WA5BDU wrote:
Wow, if I had to do all that extra junk I'd get rid of my dual paddle
Kent, Brown Bros., and K8RA keys and go back to that cruddy Heath
single paddle integrated unit I used to have.
Steve, I think you make the common assumption that having a dual
paddle *requires* the operator to use the "squeeze" method. It really
doesn't. It just *allows* you to go from dit to dah and vice versa
more efficiently.
73--Nick, WA5BDU
n4lq wrote:
With duals, we push left and hold, push right, release left, release
right. 4 moves! I
Steve Ellington
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