Well, this topic has migrated from requests for "my" kind of keyer to a comparision of the various types (including words such as "relic").
For the life of me, I can't see the practical difference. I understand the difference, but comparing iambic to utlimatic, I see essentially the same number of finger movements for the majority of letters/numbers. 1. The letter C in iambic requires each finger to close and open once. Ultimatic seems to involve more movements. 2. The figure 2: same for both: each finger closes and opens once. 3. The letter J: a shorter version of the figure 2. Both methods = same number of finger movements. 4. Punctuation "period": Iambic seems to have fewer movements. 5. Letter R: both the same: each finger closes and opens once. 6. Punctuation "?": Thumb closes and opens twice with iambic. Ultimatic: thumb opens/closes just once. I'm not going to go through the entire alphabet, it it seems that this is purely personal preference with no advantage for Ultimatic over Iambic. Am I missing something? Please enlighten me...I am always anxious to learn! :-) de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
