[CW] Re: CW digest, Vol 4 #350 - 2 msgs

Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:01:55 -0500

Snobs! I have an HK-1 on the left, angled back to the right (I am very
right-handed) and a Bencher on the right, handy at arm's length, beside the
rig. I alternate. The Bencher is set so close, I can barely tell when it
moves. The HK-1 is noisy, mechanical and fun to slap around. I like to
alternate "feel" and arm position. The Bencher is silky smooth and dead
quiet. The HK-1 clicks and moves noticeably (I could set it tighter, but
that would destroy the purpose, such as it is). I've never tried one of the
megabuck keys mentioned here and elsewhere. I have better things to do with
my money. I don't try them (although I am not sure how I would), for the
same reason I don't try a Maserati. I don't really need it, and I'd just as
soon not know what I'm missing since I'm too cheap to buy such a thing even
if I could afford it. The HK-1 works fine and adjusts across a goodly range.
I think you'd like it fine if you're not too picky or just want an alternate
set of paddles. 73 Jan N0AAA
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Subject: CW digest, Vol 4 #350 - 2 msgs


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> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:25:37 -0500
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> From: "Anthony W. DePrato" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [CW] HamKey
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> not sure but seems like i have one out in the storage building if you do
> not find one.let me know and ill check
> 73 Tony
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> From: "Troy Wideman" <[email protected]>
> To: "David J. Ring, Jr." <[email protected]>,
> "Barbara Maloney" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [CW] HamKey
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:50:39 -0800
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> I have to "second the motion" of DR's comments. I never cared much for it
> either.
> 73,
> Troy, W6HV
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> From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <[email protected]>
> To: "Barbara Maloney" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CW] HamKey
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> > My wife has one as she comes from St. Louis, MO where they are made.
She
> > doesn't use it.  I've tried it, but quickly disconnected it.
> >
> > It feels cheap to me, and is sticky - but perhaps it needs to be taken
> apart
> > and cleaned throughly.
> >
> > I didn't like them when they came out - I thought they were a cheap
> > knock-off of the better Brown Bros. key - which was also from St. Louis.
> > The frame is plastic but it hasn't broken yet, but I am a metal person
> when
> > it comes to frames!  I like plastic paddles though.
> >
> > It sends ok, but it isn't my favorite.  My wife retired it for a
Bencher.
> >
> > 73
> > DR
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> > From: "Barbara Maloney" <[email protected]>
> > To: "Joe L Blackwell" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CW] HamKey
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> > > Very interesting.  See also QST for Feb. 2004, page 30 for a pix of
the
> > HK-1 prototype now owned by K6RML.   He does not list an email adr at
> > qrz.com, so does anybody know who the maker of the Ham Key is or was?
Is
> it
> > worth a hoot for sending?
> > > 73, Mike, AC5P
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