Key Paddle Kits

[Doug Person]

Thanks for everyone's comments.  The Black Widow seems like a great deal
so I ordered one.  I have collection of keys none of which I'm very
happy with. Most are on ebay right now and not getting much attention.  
I hope to end up with a nice, light compact key with good action and
heavy one that stays put.  If the Black Widow doesn't give me the feel I
want then I'm going to try a Kent or an Elecraft HexKey. I hate to
invest that much since I don't work that much cw anymore. I'm finding it
hard to make good contacts at my leisurely 15 wpm. And what is up with
these ops sending code with about a millisecond between their dots and
dashes? Is that a kind of "I'll work you if you can copy me" attitude? I
don't get these highly stylized sending patterns. Is it meant to
intentionally make it hard to copy?

73, Doug -- K0DXV



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[M0XDF]

Please consider working on FISTS freq - we aren't just about making QSOs
with other FISTS members, we'll talk to anyone :)
Info on frequencies is at
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And for US chapter: http://www.fists.org/activity.html

73 de M0XDF / FISTS #12575, K3 #174, HexKey #375

On 25/1/08 03:56, "Doug Person" <[hidden email]> sent:
> since I don't work that much cw anymore. I'm finding it
> hard to make good contacts at my leisurely 15 wpm.
--
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
-Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)



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[Chuck Gehring]

American Morse has several nice key kits, nicely engineering very sturdy
solid keys.  http://www.americanmorse.com/index.htm
73 Chuck

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Doug Person
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:56 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Key Paddle Kits

Thanks for everyone's comments.  The Black Widow seems like a great deal
so I ordered one.  I have collection of keys none of which I'm very
happy with. Most are on ebay right now and not getting much attention.  
I hope to end up with a nice, light compact key with good action and
heavy one that stays put.  If the Black Widow doesn't give me the feel I
want then I'm going to try a Kent or an Elecraft HexKey. I hate to
invest that much since I don't work that much cw anymore. I'm finding it
hard to make good contacts at my leisurely 15 wpm. And what is up with
these ops sending code with about a millisecond between their dots and
dashes? Is that a kind of "I'll work you if you can copy me" attitude? I
don't get these highly stylized sending patterns. Is it meant to
intentionally make it hard to copy?

73, Doug -- K0DXV



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