American Morse Equipment has a variety of small paddles. I have their
porta-paddle mounted on my field ops clipboard with Super-Velcro, and it
works great. Not sure why you want a small one like the KX3 however,
you'll have to figure out how to hold it down. It's hard to beat a
Bencher BY-1 ... cost-wise, you can buy several for the price of a
Begali <anything>. It takes a bit of adjustment to get it right for you
but the wrench to do so comes with it.
Your K3 does Iambic-A and -B, pick one. I've never found an obvious
advantage to Iambic and don't use it, but be advised, -B sends a
trailing dit all by itself under some circumstances.
Regarding starting on a straight key: That subject is in the top five
subjects in ham radio that have migrated directly and completely into a
religion -- with arguments pro, con, and ambivalence extending to
infinity. :-) Do whatever you feel comfortable with. If your goal is
to converse using Morse at speeds above 12-15 WPM, better start with a
paddle and keyer. If you are prone to carpal tunnel syndrome [formerly
called "glass arm"], go directly to paddle, do not pass GO, and do not
collect $200.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org
On 6/24/2016 9:21 AM, rick jones via Elecraft wrote:
Could someone recommend a desktop key that is close to the size and
action of the key attached to the KX3? This Advanced class ham has
not sent code in decades and I would like to start sending on my K3
so can someday use a KX on CW from a remote location. I will be
practically starting from scratch but I'm guessing there's no reason
to start with a straight key right? Thanks for your thoughts! Rick
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