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1/31/2015 5:12:35 PM EDT
which should I use?


1/31/2015 5:16:12 PM EDT
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get  this  one

DJG-K4 Straight Key


But of those, the J-38... Classic

1/31/2015 5:20:29 PM EDT
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This picture reminds me that I need to pick up a bug someday so I can round out my key collection. I doubt I could ever send reliable code with one though.
1/31/2015 5:21:59 PM EDT
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This picture reminds me that I need to pick up a bug someday so I can round out my key collection. I doubt I could ever send reliable code with one though.
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This picture reminds me that I need to pick up a bug someday so I can round out my key collection. I doubt I could ever send reliable code with one though.
That is difficult but I know some guys who use them all the time.  I picked the SpeedX, the J-38 and the J-47 up free from the estate of an old ham who is SK.  A friend of mine bought the house and I have all the equipment that was left there.





 
1/31/2015 5:27:28 PM EDT
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Hey, it's ArfCom. Use them all!

Bugs are not that hard to learn to use. The problem is that if you also use paddles, switching back and forth between them and a bug can be tricky. Sometimes I can do it right away, most times it takes a few minutes for the brain to shift gears.
1/31/2015 5:29:42 PM EDT
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Hey, it's ArfCom. Use them all!



Bugs are not that hard to learn to use. The problem is that if you also use paddles, switching back and forth between them and a bug can be tricky. Sometimes I can do it right away, most times it takes a few minutes for the brain to shift gears.
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the bug is the only one of those I have never used on the air.  I play with it but am not good enough to use it on the air.  my sending is sloppy enough that I don't need to make it worse with a bug.





 
2/1/2015 9:53:58 AM EDT
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DJG-K4 Straight Key
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I use the Chinese Army key, too.

You can use it to beat an intruder senseless and then plug it in and send CW with to afterwards.