RE: [Elecraft] Iambic Myth

2006-06-29 Thread Darwin, Keith
I've done a couple of read's through that article. While it has many good points, it also has some glaring errors which make it somewhat uncredible to me. E.g. when listing the letters that benefit from squeeze technique, the list is limited to C, F, K, L, Y, Q and R. When listing the letters

RE: [Elecraft] Iambic Myth

2006-06-29 Thread Bill Tippett
KD1E: I've done a couple of read's through that article. While it has many good points, it also has some glaring errors which make it somewhat uncredible to me. Some good points Keith. If someone wanted to analyze this to death they would weight the analysis by frequency of occurrence

[Elecraft] Iambic Myth

2006-06-28 Thread Bill Tippett
I wrote: I believe the supposed efficiency advantage of iambic keying is a myth. Someone published an analysis of this within the past year or two but I cannot find it at the moment. I found the analysis here: http://www.morsex.com/pubs/iambicmyth.pdf Summary:

RE: [Elecraft] Iambic Myth

2006-06-28 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
I used Iambic keying because I found it smooth and easy and it does involve fewer paddle movements for many things. Sometimes it cuts the hand motions by half! For example, sending CQ involves only eight finger movements in Iambic mode compared to sixteen movements in conventional keyer mode.