Over 40 years ago PA0VLA taught me to work a bug, we were both in the Dutch navy at PBC radiostation. Brings back memories..

@JeanneMartin

13 күн бұрын

I’m glad it brought back good memories for you, I like beautiful mechanical instruments. I’m a piano teacher. I love my baby grand piano, my mechanical metronome, our grandfather clock, and our cuckoo clock for their beauty, function, and craftsmanship. We even hope to go more mechanical. We bought an old mechanical sewing machine last summer. We still need to do work to recondition it, but it will be appreciated and used. The best of the old can be new again, and should be so. TU es 73 de KC1SPX

lmao all the old folks are giving you a tough time about being slow. they got sand in their pants lol.

@JeanneMartin

12 күн бұрын

Lol. Seems like it. I could send faster if I wanted to, but I am practicing quality sending over simple speed, and more importantly, if I sent faster, I wouldn’t be able to share it with as many radio friends.

@inazumadenki5588

12 күн бұрын

@@JeanneMartin As a learner myself, I appreciate your sending speed. For those who think it's too slow, adjusting the video playback speed takes less effort than complaining. :)

@JeanneMartin

11 күн бұрын

@@inazumadenki5588 I’m glad you found the speed beneficial. You’re also right about adjusting the video speed being the better option. That’s a great learning tip. That could help a number of people. I like it.

Hi hi 😂 nice job Jeanne ✌️

@JeanneMartin

14 күн бұрын

Thanks, Tim!

Why no subtitles?

@JeanneMartin

12 күн бұрын

Honestly, I had not even thought of adding subtitles. I enjoy telling a joke every now and then on our local ham radio club net. I also enjoy CW. I thought perhaps others might enjoy a joke in CW, and my favorite key is the bug. I don’t think I would add subtitles, but I would consider possibly adding the joke in English possibly in the description? I don’t want to spoil the fun.

why so slow?

@JeanneMartin

12 күн бұрын

Good question. I’m going as slow as possible to allow as many people as possible, no matter where they are at in their CW learning, to enjoy a silly joke and to give a opportunity for fun copy practice.

@daveengstrom9250

12 күн бұрын

Left handed showing off?

@SuperZardo

12 күн бұрын

@@JeanneMartin Yes I see the weight is the fartest possible up. Out of curiosity, how much can you lower it and still be able to put out a signal of decent quality?

@JeanneMartin

11 күн бұрын

@@daveengstrom9250 Ha ha. Actually, I’m left handed, so sending left handed is normal for me. I try to practice so I can use either hand though.

@JeanneMartin

11 күн бұрын

@@SuperZardo Yes, I can lower the weight, but I can’t lower it very far with the speed reduction arm pushed all the way forward because the arm will hit the back metal stop making movement impossible. It’s a pendulum. Increasing the length of the pendulum in back of the weight lowers the speed. Increasing the weight at the end of the pendulum lowers the speed. It works just like a metronome or a grandfather clock. Moving the arm back and/or lowering the weight adjusts the speed of the dits faster. The dahs are not adjusted because they are completely manual. This is a semi-automatic bug, which technically qualifies as a straight key because of the manual dahs. Interestingly, it is possible to buy a completely automatic key with a double pendulum, one for dits, one for dahs, if one wished. As far as signal goes, there are several screw adjustments that “tune” the bug in a manner of speaking by adjusting the distance from the contacts. It comes with instructions but I just adjusted it till it sounded good to the ear.

So slow its pathetic

@JeanneMartin

12 күн бұрын

These videos spring from my own practice of a little over a year trying to learn CW, a desire to share an enjoyment of CW, and a little light humor. I do realize that not everyone has an appreciation of these things. No problem. I hope you are able to find something somewhere else that you can enjoy. These are clearly not the videos for you.

Nice fist on that bug! 73 de N3RTW

@JeanneMartin

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment. I’ve worked hard on my timing. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. 73 de KC1SPX