Topband: 160 CW

[Gary Smith]

I use an old Vibroplex iambic paddle that is set to a hair trigger 
and requires minimum effort to push the paddles far enough to make 
contact. This helps sending with minimum effort. 

An iambic requires the least motions possible to send letters. Ie; 
it's maximally efficient as regards the physical motion expended by 
you to make a character. 

I have my key bolted in place on my keyboard table and because of 
that it does not give a bit in a sideways manner and this gives me 
the maximum control as the key is not going to slide one iota so the 
muscles used are for contacting the paddles to make the character 
only and none used to "keep up" with a key that moves around ever so 
little as it's being used. That means I can relax the maximum amount 
while sending as I have the maximum control with the least effort. 

Works for me. 

Hope this helps you 

Gary 
KA1J