Hi Bill:
So, before I condescend to selling my Bencher BY-2, retiring the J-38 for
life and start building the K2 SSB board, the 100 watt amp and permanently
retiring up-band, can someone give me some advice on possibly mastering the
Iambic key.
NEVER GIVE UP...!
Questions include:
1.
I agree with Tom.
NO...! TAKE IT OUT OF TEST MODE NOW!!!
NOW is the time to be OPERATING! GET ON THE AIR and USE your
abilities... use the J-38 as a starting point... you can probably get
up to 18-20 WPM with it yet, all the while improving your abilities
to copy.
There is simply NO
One man's nemesis is another man's requirement By pure chance, I
learned to use a keyer with a Mode B machine many,,,many years ago. I
now find that I have trouble leaving off trailing dots if I use a Mode A
machine. So the remark that Mode B allows leaving off a tiny bit earlier
is
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need advice on the Iambic key
Tom wrote:
1. Iambic A or Iambic B?
Generally, most ops seem to prefer Mode B as it is a bit more 'forgiving'.
Tom, much as I hate to, I'm going to disagree a little here.
The paddle timing is quite a lot more critical in mode B than
.
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From: Mike Morrow
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Need advice on the Iambic key
Tom wrote:
1. Iambic A or Iambic B?
Generally, most ops seem to prefer Mode B as it is a bit more 'forgiving'.
Tom, much as I
G'day,
Well my set up here is:
Mode B
PdLr
I'm mainly left handed and send dashes with my thumb
Have a Bencher BY-2 or whatever the two paddled horror is called and I
don't like it
Will probably get a single paddle soon, probably Kent kit. My first keyer
was a Samson (sp) ETM-2B which I used
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