I agree 100% Keith. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ, K3 1025, SKCC 4077T
--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Darwin, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Darwin, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Kent Single Lever Paddles > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 8:47 AM > Ya know, I don't by the "movement counting" > that I sometimes see posted > regarding single lever vs. iambic keying. Do we count > muscle movement > or joint movement? Is it one motion to squeeze or two? Do > we count > close and open motions or only closing motions? There is a > lot of gray > and subjectivity. I've even seen the counting applied > unevenly (e.g. > releasing is counted as a motion for iambic but not for > single lever). > > I think the only sane way to look at is by looking at > switch closures. > How many motions and how many muscles are involved in > closing the > switches is a far more complex and subjective subject. > Switch closures > are very concrete and countable. > > Looking at it from a switch closure perspective, we have > the letter A > requiring 2 for iambic and 2 for single lever. I say that > is one > squeeze or grasp motion on iambic, others say it is 2 or 3 > separate > finger motions. Doesn't matter, we can both agree that > it is 2 distinct > switch closers. K requires 2 on Iambic but 3 on single > lever. C > requires 2 on Iambic and 4 on single lever. Regardless of > the amount of > joint / muscle movement, the iambic keyer requires less > switch closures. > The thing that makes Iambic tougher is that those switch > closures must > be precisely timed. That timing is easy at slow speeds and > doable at > moderate to fast speeds. At competition speeds, suspect > the > competitors use to single lever paddles because of the > nearly impossible > timing requirements of iambic, not because of any savings > in motion. > > Having said all that, I do CW for fun, not efficiency. I > know that > Iambic requires less switch closures but I hardly every use > the paddles. > I use a bug or straight key most of the time simply because > they're more > fun. After all, this is a hobby > > - Keith N1AS - > number of movements with either paddle. Now let's do A. > With single > lever we swing left, swing right, release. 3 moves. With > duals, we push > left and hold, push right, release left, release right. 4 > moves! It all > happens so fast that you don't realize you are doing > it. > Steve Ellington > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
