[CQ-Contest] Paddle Opinions

[Zack Widup]

I heard an east coast US station calling CQ DX on 40 CW using a straight 
key last night.  He got some replies from EU stations, too.

I don't know about SS, though.  I'd have a glass arm halfway through or 
sooner.  :-)

73, Zack W9SZ

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Paul T. Antos wrote:

> 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