Topband: CW PADDLE AND LOSING SENSATION IN ONE'S FINGERS
CUTTER DAVID
d.cutter at ntlworld.com
Sat Oct 27 17:56:52 EDT 2018
I wonder if touch-sensitive paddles might suit better. I don't like them but you never know.
David G3UNA-G6CP
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> On 27 October 2018 at 19:08 John Randall via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
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> I have moved home now and am awaiting planning permission to erect some poles in the garden, but while I wait, I am wondering if there is anyone doing cw with no grip in their hands or items just slip out of their fingers and how the manage with a paddle key. Now I know many use automated cw software, but thats not for me.
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> I use my left hand which is rather strange as I am right handed, but this lack of sensation is really putting a damper on cw mode for me. Does anyone out there have any tips ?One I found myself is to fasten the key to the bench as sometomes I hit the paddles either too hard or too soft and the whole key moves.
> 73 and I hope to be on within a couple of weeks all being well.
> 73John - M0ELS
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