Re: Iambic mode - A or B?
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Thank you for the quick reply, Bruno. I've used a Vibroplex semi-automatic key and a Lionel (I still have that) so I'm used to dits with the thumb and dahs with the index finger. In this case, though, I'm using the left hand and still have dits?with the thumb, dahs with the finger but of course they are on the opposite sides. I was told by my mentor (50+ years ago) that using a fully automatic key would ruin my fist, so I'm using the other hand.?
Rightly or wrongly, I've mounted my tiny stainless twin-paddle key on a box with knee straps. The box contains a PIC, a lithium cell and a 2.4GHz transmitter to make it cordless. I wonder whether this makes iambic keying more difficult because the key can twist slightly on the straps. I've tried turning the box around so the paddles are pointing away from me and my hand rests on the box to steady it, but the box has a sharp edge which needs to be padded.?
I might try a single paddle and forgo the iambic mode, or make? a sideswiper. I've never used one of those.
Thanks again and 73,
John G4EDX
Hi John
It’s a matter of preference, i would risk saying that Iambic B is the only mode on the FT817 and also risk saying that it is the most common mode to be using a paddle. The main difference is how it handles “squeeze” that is maintaining the dash paddle held down and insert a dit on the right timing.?
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Also if you are new to paddle use, i would also recommend dash on the right dit on the left. You can learn either way and there is no right way but it’s what most people use.
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hope that helped.
?73 de CT7AXA/PA7AXA
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