A short review of bug adjustment

[@diegogarciamedina6363]

Hi, if you key dot, how much dots are generated until elastic energy can not keep it working?

[@jameswades3621]

It varies a bit from key to key and based on the position of the weight, etc.....Probably about 10 to 15 dots, but one needs no more than five dots in International code or six dots in the American Morse Code, so there's plenty to spare!

[@diegogarciamedina6363]

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[@rodneylamay5926]

At 20 wpm I can tap and hold my dits and count 130 times it ditts on my standard bug ..love ur youtube channel. 73 ki6pxv

[@diegogarciamedina6363]

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[@baikushex0et682]

Hello jim Just curious if anyone still alive that used to work as a telegrapher full time using american morse code Thanks video

[@jameswades3621]

Absolutely. The Morse Telegraph Club has chapters throughout the US and Canada with many former telegraphers, although the population is shrinking. Commercial/railroad telegraphy continued in use through the 1970s, with some legacy systems hanging on into the mid-1980s. Therefore, quite a few operators are still “alive and kicking.”

[@baikushex0et682]

@@jameswades3621 awesome Thanks reply The last ship that i stood a 500 khz watch was in 1997. Ive been sailing ro since 1986 I just renewed uscg license (mmc) The 8th time Valid until 2027 And still says radio officer Im shocked !