Black Widow paddle kit
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A fellow ham alerted me to this new kit being offered by Jerry W5JH, who
previously offered the popular AZ ScQRPion paddle kit: http://www.w5jh.net/Black_Widow.htm It has magnetic return and costs about $60 shipped. I built one and it works FB--very nice, stiff feel, and highly adjustable. (Ususal disclarimer--no commercial interest--just wanted to make fellow Elecrafters aware in case they do not get the QRP-L where it was announced.) 73 Eric N0HHS KX1 #670 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In message <[hidden email]>, Eric Ward
<[hidden email]> writes >A fellow ham alerted me to this new kit being offered by Jerry W5JH, >who previously offered the popular AZ ScQRPion paddle kit: >http://www.w5jh.net/Black_Widow.htm It looks to be a fine piece of engineering, Eric, apart from the paddles which seem very fragile. Considering that the force of the thumb and index finger will be pushing against the paddles which only have a screw head supporting them, my guess is that one would need to be very light fisted. Just an observation from the picture - I could be wrong. 73 de David G4DMP _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Re: Black Widow paddle kit
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This paddle was on display at Dayton, (If memory serves me correctly)
and I got to use it. I observed the same thing, but if you like wider spacing, I remember that you can "flip" the arms so the paddles mount outside and push on the brass. Might also be simple enough to add a piece of brass stock that the screw pushes against to reinforce things. Tim Raymer 73 de KA0OUV K2 #1383 At 15:59 06/05/2006, David Pratt wrote: >>http://www.w5jh.net/Black_Widow.htm > >It looks to be a fine piece of engineering, Eric, apart from the >paddles which seem very fragile. Considering that the force of the >thumb and index finger will be pushing against the paddles which >only have a screw head supporting them, my guess is that one would >need to be very light fisted. Just an observation from the picture >- I could be wrong. Timothy A. Raymer Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services <traymer[at]mail.mo.gov> <RaymeT[at]dhss.mo.gov> <KA0OUV[at]arrl.net> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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No financial support / interest here, but all I can say after 24 hours
fieldday work last week-end ( clubstn ON4SNW/P ) the black widow paddle SN#30 has done an outstanding job ! ( 595 QSO's ) http://users.skynet.be/on6wj/bw1.JPG 73's to all Josef ON6WJ/OP5R G-QRP#429 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy A. Raymer" <[hidden email]> To: "David Pratt" <[hidden email]>; <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Black Widow paddle kit > This paddle was on display at Dayton, (If memory serves me correctly) and > I got to use it. I observed the same thing, but if you like wider > spacing, I remember that you can "flip" the arms so the paddles mount > outside and push on the brass. Might also be simple enough to add a piece > of brass stock that the screw pushes against to reinforce things. > > Tim Raymer > 73 de KA0OUV > K2 #1383 > > At 15:59 06/05/2006, David Pratt wrote: >>>http://www.w5jh.net/Black_Widow.htm >> >>It looks to be a fine piece of engineering, Eric, apart from the paddles >>which seem very fragile. Considering that the force of the thumb and index >>finger will be pushing against the paddles which only have a screw head >>supporting them, my guess is that one would need to be very light fisted. >>Just an observation from the picture - I could be wrong. > > Timothy A. Raymer > Missouri Department of > Health and Senior Services > > <traymer[at]mail.mo.gov> <RaymeT[at]dhss.mo.gov> > <KA0OUV[at]arrl.net> > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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From the looks of it, the paddles themselves are guitar picks -
which are easy to get replacements for, and REALLY hard to break (essentially can't be), esp. the heavier thicknesses, which is what it looks like are on the paddle in the picture. I think you guys may make me decide to get one. It looks like a neat little key! Speaking of neat little keys, I recently got a "code mite" key from Vibroplex, which is a little straight key, and it's neat! I really like this little key. 73 de Alex NS6Y >>> >>> It looks to be a fine piece of engineering, Eric, apart from the >>> paddles which seem very fragile. Considering that the force of >>> the thumb and index finger will be pushing against the paddles >>> which only have a screw head supporting them, my guess is that >>> one would need to be very light fisted. Just an observation from >>> the picture - I could be wrong. >> >> Timothy A. Raymer >> Missouri Department of >> Health and Senior Services Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Eric Ward-3
They are real thick--about double the width of the 0.73mm picks I use
for actually picking a guitar. They could be broken, but it would have to be intentional, or from dropping the paddle just right. 73 Eric N0HHS KX1 #670 >From the looks of it, the paddles themselves are guitar picks - which are easy to get replacements for, and REALLY hard to >break (essentially can't be), esp. the heavier thicknesses, which is what it looks like are on the paddle in the picture. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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