It amazes me how many people hold a straight key these days. I'd have been chucked in the head and laughed out of the room holding a key like that when I was a kid but, in recent years, Christopher wasn't the first I've seen actually sending like that.
Proper grip and posture is all about avoiding fatigue (the famous "glass arm" syndrome), and few Hams today sit down with a straight key and enough traffic to keep them at it nonstop for any length of time. I'd never want to discourage a new CW operator. It's great seeing how many younger Hams find CW as fascinating as we did way back when it was the dominant mode on the bands. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I'm not sure if the actual video shot was of Christopher in action on they key or staged, but he prefers the straight key and *can use one*. His elmer will not let him move to a paddle yet. :-) 73, Doug KF4VTT ______________________________________________________________ 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
