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Re: [CQ-Contest] Paddle Opinions

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Paddle Opinions
From: "Paul T. Antos" <wb2abd@roadrunner.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:56:09 -0400
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Clive wrote:

>
> So what the iambic operator doesn't seem to have is
> redundancy, because he took a short cut to sending CW by a
> method which imo has little to no value, but clearly has a
> demerit.

I have to admit that I don't have redundancy in this matter. Mark me down for a 
whole bunch of demerits. I made my first paddle for a homebrew TO keyer out of 
wood with TWO strips of aluminum because it felt and played better. There was 
no iambic at that time (that I knew of). Maybe a fat paddle is what I need.  I 
never ever heard anyone complain when I called them in a contest. Straight keys 
for SSCW, anyone?

I guess what we should all be railing about is what the best keyboard is for 
doing RTTY, huh?

Paul WB2ABD
SOC 764
(hey, I'm using up my self-imposed allotment of 6 yearly posts to this 
reflector rather quickly)

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