[CQ-Contest] Paddle Opinions

[Clive Whelan]

Well consider this:

About ten years ago, a fine CW operator visited my shack,
and expressed interest in my FT1000MP, which at the time was
sort of cutting edge . I invited him to sit down and make a
few QSOs. He looked in horror at the Vibro single lever
paddle, and confessed that he could only send in iambic
mode. Thus I had to make the QSOs while he looked and
listened. I was truly gobsmacked about this incident. Now I
am less than comfortable when presented with an iambic keyer
and twin lever paddle, but if I'm careful, I can send
passable CW thereon. I can probably still handle a
semi-automatic, and obviously a straight key. At a push,
I'll even send from a keyboard- hardest of all!

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.


73



Clive
GW3NJW



-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of K0HB
Sent: 19 October 2007 14:15
To: Jim Cain; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Paddle Opinions



Jim Cain wrote:

>
> Iambic keying is a sham. Read this:
>

Why is it a "sham", Jim?  (Yes, I read the jeremiad by
Marshall Emm)

Any key which produces good readable code would be
acceptable, depending on
our personal preferences and habits, to us radiomen who just
want to have
fun.

Now if you want a sham, checkout <alt><f8> on your
contesting computer!

73, de Hans, K0HB
--
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