Hi Bjarne ! it's amazing you Cootie !!! maybe i have to try one some day, home made off course ! thank's fer our vy nece QSO on 40 meter ! This is the kind of QSO that makes you understand why you love radio so much! 73s de Mario IK1LBL
Tnx fer info on that, saw keys alike from scandinavia (probably Sweden) which have the contacts on the back of the lever instead on front, interesting concept, would like to try, 73' again, Hans, PA2MT
On MV Hollybank 1978 I sailed with Nick the radio operator. I used to pass time talking to him when he was working. He could indentify nationalities of the other operators because they had accents!. The move ment of the key was hardly perceptable, maybe a millimetre. All the radio officers were mad and usually drunk.
It's all about "music", the rhythm must be right but ofcourse a vibroplex has it's own rhythm/sound wich can be quite ok. Watch/listen to it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q4tzybGBQKY.html&ab_channel=Bjarne
Real virtuoso! I'm working so hard to get my reading above 15 wpm and sending random groups will go to 17 wpm and above that only with faking it, means doing short bursts, but I can't sustain. Learning it since last year September, though. But I watch this with awe. Thank you! DL7HH .-.-.
This is often how I ended up using a straight key, but it's not really 'right'. The sending though is very nice. The knob should ideally have a bottom plate (though many traditional keys don't) and the first two fingers should rest on the knob, thumb lightly gripping to the side, and resting on the plate. As you say, the wrist should be flexible as this is what drives the rhythm. Americans are often taught to rest the elbow on the desk, Europeans tend not to, often because of the height of the key, and/or because keys were often bolted near the edge of the desk. Of course people, as in many sports, develop their own preferences, but these don't always lend themselves to the best results. How much time and money do golfers spend trying to rid themselves of poor techniques in their swings? There is, or at least used to be, some shocking Morse out there, and a good deal of it was caused by poor technique.
To me, any method is good as long as it sound good and completely intelligible! who says it has to be a certain way? Michael Phelps was not swimming according to the technics tought and still was the best!
@@althepal6818 I think that was exactly what I was saying! But poor technique can often lead to constricted sending, poor intelligibility, and ultimately wrist/carpel tunnel injury.
Mycket fin sändning, Bjarne! Jag har lärt mig att vila tumme- och långfinger på skaftet, medan pekfingrets tipp skall vila på knoppen. Emellertid, jag känner andra som hanterar handpumpen på dylikt vis, och det verkar vara korrekt, det ock. Evad sätt man känner sig bekväm att sända med, skall man hav som tumregel. Sju-trea: Moses K. Frost, SA5/MKF.
Mycket fin nyckel, och sändningen gick F. B. att kopiera. Glöm ej att allenast använda knoppen på högersidan till när Du hanterar nyckeln som en handpump. Eljest, Du skall hava bägge fingrar allenast på paddeln. Sju-trea: Moses K. Frost, SA5/MKF
