I'm sold on single-lever paddles. I have a handbuilt one from G3YUH, and
I have a Kent single-lever that is outstanding. Very smooth to operate
and nicely finished. It's my favorite key now. I never could get
interested in iambic keying which is more of an affectation than
anything useful. The single-lever paddle was a very easy transition from
years of using dual-lever paddles.
I have two Benchers: chrome and black. The black one I used mobile every
day for 5 years when I was active in County Hunting, and traveling every
week to the Bay Area from So Cal. It sat on the passenger seat and I
keyed it with my right hand (I'm left handed). I never thought to tether
it and as a result it occasionally hit the firewall when I had to brake
really hard. After 5 years, the only problem was the rivets on the
plastic finger pieces loosened. The chrome one uses screws, but the
black one has crappy rivets. It's a simple, tough design that is easy to
set up and holds adjustment if you don't let it fly around untethered in
a vehicle.
Starting out, the Benchers would be a good choice. They're a good choice
even with experience, but you can find them used fairly cheap and they
will give good service for a new CW op until they learn their own
preferences.
Eric
KE6US
On 11/30/2014 11:18 PM, Sverre Holm (LA3ZA) wrote:
I couldn't agree more. I'm glad I finally discovered the single-lever paddle
after more than ten years of struggling with iambic. It is so much easier to
use the single-lever and it is much more forgiving for small timing errors.
I wrote about it on my blog some time ago:
http://la3za.blogspot.no/2013/06/the-advantage-of-single-lever-paddle.html
After that I got the tiny Palm single-lever paddle.
Barry K3NDM wrote
Tom,
As a beginner, don't get hung up on iambic.
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