Clive,
I made a serious effort to learn Iambic keying some years ago. It worked OK
in practice, but on the air my old "bug" fist prevailed and all I sent was
garbage.
Now, after years of using twin paddles in "straight mode" I'm not sure I
could use a single paddle keyer.
Iambic keying has some advantages, but I wonder how many hams actually use
it.
73, Jim
> Probably I guessed as much. It does seem to be an omission when
> even the built in keyers in standard transceivers have this
> facility.
>
> To clarify, why I would like it. I learned electronic keyers
> with a home brew W9TO back in about, erm..... well whenever the
> Beach Boys recorded " God only knows" ! Therefore I have never
> used, and see no advantage to iambic keying. However it is a
> fact that the best paddles available are all dual lever, and my
> old faithful single lever , chrome plated, Vibro paddle is
> overdue for retirement. I appreciate dot memory in normal mode,
> but find that I get extra dots when using a twin lever paddle
> and the keyer is set to iambic mode. Thus I would like to
> disable either of both of these.
>
> Incidentally, an FOC visitor to my shack recently, couldn't
> operate because I had only a single lever paddle, and he
> couldn't use anything else but iambic mode. Well I may send
> garbage in iambic mode, but at least if I QRS a little I can
> handle it. I certainly wouldn't like to be in the opposite
> position.
>
>
> Let's hope we are not alone, and our voices will be heeded.
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
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