May 14, 2010September 28, 2016 by Stephen Rapley

Iambic keying: How to?

Stumbled across interesting YouTube video on “Iambic Keyer and Technique” attempting to teach how to use an Iambic keyer. It’s about 5 1/2 mins long. Another video from IK0YGJ simply shows the sender using a beautiful Begali Sculpture and sending at 50wpm.

While I’m at it I should include the link to the 9mins plus video explaining how to use iDitDahText on the iphone.

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