Key Comparisons

[dalekretzer]

    Is anyone in a position to give a comparison of differences, likes, and dislikes between the Paddlette and Palm Mini keyer paddles? I have a Paddlette mounted on my K1, and good friend K6MGO is wondering about the virtues of the German-made Palm Mini in comparison for his K1. Even responses regarding only the Palm Mini would be helpful. I personally find the Paddlette a very responsive and forgiving little device that works particularly well in portable situations.
    While I'm at it, is there a percentage of accuracy one can assume in reading power output on the screen displays of the K1 and K2? I'm referencing, of course, the reading while connected to the DL-1 dummy load. I've already ascertained a DVM reading from the DL-1 pickup points is extremely close to the screen readings, but I'm still not totally confident of the results.
    Thanks to all who share their findings, troubles and adventures here on the Forum with the elegant Elecraft gear. It adds immeasurably to improved understanding of just how great these little beauties are to own and operate.
    73, Dale. K6PJV
   
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[David A. Belsley]

Don't know the Paddlette, but I love the Palm.  I use them for /p  
work with the K2 and, once properly adjusted, they are super.  You  
need to find a way to stabilize them.  I have mine mounted on one end  
of a piece of plexiglass, say, 2" x 10", supported with six rubber  
feet, so I can rest my wrist on the other end while sending to hold  
everything in place.  It works great.  The cons of the Palm are (a)  
it is not easy to adjust and (b) its cable has a very fragile  
connector at the paddle.  Adjustment is difficult because the Palm is  
designed to allow electrical contact to be made before physical stop  
occurs.  I find this distracting and have adjusted my paddles to make  
the electrical contact occur at the physical stop.  This takes a bit  
of doing, but it is very possible.  The cable simply takes care when  
connecting and disconnecting.

Bottom line: the Palm's are excellent and indeed I like them far  
better than my traditional Bencher paddles (which have long been  
relegated to the bench).  They don't come up to the WBL V22 or the  
HexKey (no surprise in either of those cases), but they feel right,  
are fully serviceable, and are very small and light.

best wishes,

david belsley, w1euy


On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:14 PM, Dale Kretzer wrote:

>     Is anyone in a position to give a comparison of differences,  
> likes, and dislikes between the Paddlette and Palm Mini keyer  
> paddles? I have a Paddlette mounted on my K1, and good friend K6MGO  
> is wondering about the virtues of the German-made Palm Mini in  
> comparison for his K1. Even responses regarding only the Palm Mini  
> would be helpful. I personally find the Paddlette a very responsive  
> and forgiving little device that works particularly well in  
> portable situations.
>     While I'm at it, is there a percentage of accuracy one can  
> assume in reading power output on the screen displays of the K1 and  
> K2? I'm referencing, of course, the reading while connected to the  
> DL-1 dummy load. I've already ascertained a DVM reading from the  
> DL-1 pickup points is extremely close to the screen readings, but  
> I'm still not totally confident of the results.
>     Thanks to all who share their findings, troubles and adventures  
> here on the Forum with the elegant Elecraft gear. It adds  
> immeasurably to improved understanding of just how great these  
> little beauties are to own and operate.
>     73, Dale. K6PJV
>
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