NG7M Iambic Mode B Paddle Demo Squeeze Keying / CW Morse Code 

Thanks again for the comment... yes it is a beauty. Glad to hear you got one of the ~140 or 150 made, I can't remember. Mine is serial number 15. Thumbs up on Iambic B as you can see from me. Max NG7M

Excellent, I'm sure you will enjoy it. I have considered getting an expedition too. 73 Max NG7M

Yes, that's what's nice (I think anyway about the double paddle). As demonstrated, you can just treat it like a single paddle, so if you have guest operators in a multi op contest for example, everyone is happy. Thanks for watching! Max NG7M

That is a good question. I would say yes... that would be the way to do it. I don't think there is any disadvantage either sticking with dits on the left and using your left hand.

I wasn't comparing mode B to A. I showed mode B and explained that it is usually the default and most operators keying iambic use mode B, especially if just starting to learn. Max NG7M

HI Curtis, it is a Begali Sculpture 60th Anniversary edition. I have really enjoyed it! Keys/Paddles are a personal preference for sure, but this is my favorite. However, what else would I say when you see the cost. ;) Glad you enjoyed the video. 73 de Max NG7M

Hi, I assume you are talking about a paddle based on the video. There are many great paddles out there... for Iambic, I believe one of the best for the price is the Kent Paddle. You get bearings on the levers and it's heavy... stays put and is built really well. There are others to look at too. I would go for the Kent over the Bencher any day for a first time paddle that isn't on the cheap end of things. Search for the Kent paddles on DX Engineering for example. Good Luck and thanks for the comment. Max NG7M

@@ng7m-ham-shack thanks max. Yes I see many vids of people running fast speed contests. I assumed they run begalli or magnetic paddles. Some people tell me to run the space further apart. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@JayN4GO Hi Jay, I think it's a matter of preference or what operators are used to. Don't get me wrong, I love the art of those high end keys / paddles as you can see, but I think if you are objective, there is a very quick diminishing return as the price goes up. It's like an audiophile, to get that last 5% of performance, you really need to pony up on the cost on your audio equipment! :) Plus the high end keys are just art and it's fun to have something in the 21st century that was crafted in a way where the machinist / artist actually cared about the product. The Begali keys and some of the highly crafted keys are going to hold their value. Key's that are not just finished blocks of metal (with some power coating) are one thing, i.e. N3ZN keys are operationally great and solid I'm sure, but let's face reality, they are not a piece of machining artwork... the art and machining of a higher end Begali is in another universe (and other manufacturers out there). A Kent paddle... maybe not as much, however I have a Kent paddle that was manufactured in Preston England with the label, so they tend to hold their value, but again, they started at a lower price to begin with. Anyway, I digress. It's all fun and a good operator will always do better on less quality key over a poor operator on a high dollar key. It's like antennas and transceivers, put your money in the antenna over over the transceiver any day of the week. Put your time in as an operator with a entry level key and you will out do a poor operator with an expensive key. Anyway, it's all fun. Owning quality stuff and supporting manufactures what still care about quality is a good thing too as we all know. 73 Max NG7M

@@ng7m-ham-shack Tnx agn max. Looking at a single lever paddle from begali. Maybe I can raise some money while improving my copy speed.

No I'm talking about Mode B. Mode 'B' as the title of the Video includes. In my 25 years of experience, Mode B is by far the most popular and typically the default setting for any electronic keyer.

Hi Masahiro, sorry about the delay in my response. No, the 60th anniversary edition is no longer available. Begali only made a fixed number of these keys. However, they do have other special addition keys that you can find on their website if you want to join a group of owners that have a limited edition version that may no longer be produced in the future. 73 and thanks for watching my quick and simple demo video. Max NG7M

Hi Keith, it does if you plan on operating at another station. Really the main reason would be that it is most common in my experience to have the dit on the left (thumb) and the dah on the right (index finger). Technically, I don't think it matters, but for consistence across other operators, I would learn or recommend dit on the the left and dah on the right. I know a very good CW op that learned the opposite way and by the time he realized that almost all others used dit on the left and dah on the right, he was too far in on the learning curve to change. If you do show up to a station is backwards to what you have learned, just rotate the key so the paddles are facing way from you and you can key up over the top of the key and the dit and dah will be reversed. :) That's a quick solution if someone does it backwards and you want to quickly key their paddle. Thanks for watching! Max NG7M

Well, I am one of those that learned the opposite way many, many years ago and as you said, when I realized it wasn't the "conventional" way it was too late. On my good days I could normally keep a QSO at 30 WPM, so it didn't make any difference, except for the point raised - fortunately most good radios have the possibility of inverting the dits and dots inputs in the configuration menu.