On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:16:28 -0700 (PDT), Barry <w...@comcast.net> wrote:
I really don't think this topic should be "K3 CW Issues". It seems to me that it has become a discussion of personal preferences and old war stories about keyer types and other nostalgia, so I'll join the fray... I don't remember when I started using a keyer, but I'm pretty sure it was around 1981 and that it was an MFJ keyer. I remember that at that time I had a friend, N5SW (no longer a ham) who had a keyer named the "TO Keyer". I had a lot of fun with him calling it the "Too Old" keyer. Maybe some of you have seen one of those keyers. I'll bet they're quite a collector's item these days. At about the same time I bought my black Bencher paddles that I still use when mobile. The shack has the newer chrome plated one now. ;o) I'have always used the B type iambic keying. Try it you'll like it once you have mastered it, but as others have said, it takes a little practice. BT 73 ES GUD LUK DE N5GE, QCWA LIFE MEMBER 35102, LICENSED SINCE 1976 AR SK n...@n5ge.com http://www.n5ge.com > >Thank you for the intro Doug :.) > >I'll give Mode B a try in the K3. If it isn't to my liking, I'll just hook >up one of my many external keyers. > >Speaking of the HST and Ultimatic (from K2AV's post) I used Ultimatic in the >competition in the numbers-only run. I was much less prone to errors than >true Iambic. The only other person I know who uses Ultimatic routinely is >W5ZL, who also participated in the HST in LZ last year. > >Barry W2UP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
