I use this method in low band contesting too, and it has another advantage. You
can leave your keyer at your normal comfort speed and just switch to the
sraight key for QRS. Before, I'd try to change the keyer speed and often get it
wrong, then try to reset it and get that wrong too.
Frank
w2FCA
Quoting Robert Cumming <w2bzy@cfl.rr.com>:
> To those who, like myself, can't send slowly with a paddle (my
> comfortable speed is 25 wpm) try this. What I find helpful is
> to have both a paddle and a straight key hooked up to all my radios.
> It is easier to send 2, 3, 5 or whatever wpm with a straight key
> (also helpful for tuning up.
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