Ok, kind of a silly topic, but maybe not.
I am sitting here with some cables on the bench I was planning on neatly crimping connectors on the ends, doing heatshrink on them, making them pretty, with a little strain relief etc.
However, now I am thinking to myself that maybe the old timers had the best idea, and just leave bare wires to wrap around the posts on the key(s). That is what you seem to see in old photos from the days when CW was king.
So, I thought I would ask what others possibly more knowledgeable than me have decided after dealing with it in their own shack themselves for many years.
For those who are experienced CWers, what do you think is the best way to connect the wires to your key(s) after using a CW key?
1) Crimp some connectors/U lugs?
2) Just tinned wire ends?
3) Just leave some bare wire on the ends?