I don't know about others, but I find a bug a bit heavy and clumsy to carry around hiking on a mountain trail, not to mention the danger of damaging it. Even my "smallish" E.F. Johnson version of the Speed-X is bigger than my KX1.
I prefer to carry my bugs in proper boxes and use them on a table top. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Maybe I'm missing something here, but this all kinda reminds of that old saw about a duck... You know, "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..." If you want a key that works like a bug, feels like a bug, and sounds like a bug... Why not just get a bug? There are lots of them out there, both antique and brand-spankin' new, like the Vibroplex line still in production today after more than a century (http://vibroplex.com/original_bug.html). I used a Vibroplex standard model bug from the time I was 13 years old and passed my Extra-class 20 WPM sending test at the FCC in 1977 using one, but today I really like my Kent paddle and Elecraft B-mode iambic keyer. One of the coolest things about my old bug was just the way it looked, so if I ever wanted to go back to a bug... I'd just go back to a bug. :-) Bill W5WVO _______________________________________________ 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
