[CW] Best cw paddle

[Mike Manship]

At 04:56 AM 12/22/02 -0000, K=D8HB wrote:

>The $110.00 Bencher is fine for the casual operator, and you can always
find a
>spare at a hamfest for parts, but if someone is looking to upgrade to a
>"serious" set of paddles, for just $40.00 more you can have a pro-grade
unit in
>the Kent.  (I won't even comment on the $300.00 gold plated Bencher!)

According to this url:

http://www.wavehunter.com/kentpadl.htm

you can buy the Kent in kit form and save an additional $15.
There is also a link there to the assembly instructions.

It certainly is a nice looking paddle but I also thought the Vibroplex=
 Iambic
was a nice looking paddle and I don't like it at all. Even at the loosest
spring settings it still makes my hand hurt because it takes so much
effort (compared to my Chinese Bencher clone or my Brown Brothers)
to operate it. =20

73 de Mike W9OJ