[CW] Re: Homebrew Paddle

[HSHK]

Hi Roy,

No, I have not had that problem.  The gap between the
paddle and the contacts is not very large.

Even when I smack it hard, it travels so little that
the tension or springy-ness of the paddle blade
isn't stretched.

I wonder many of these same things when I first
saw Mark's original article.

The proof came in using the paddle.  It works very
well (for me anyways) and thought I'd share it
with everyone.

The $100.00+ paddles I had been using did feel
all that much better to me.

I am not a paddle designer.  I just took Mark's idea
and applied it to the junk I had to work with <smile>.

As I stated on my page, my big surprise was (is)
that is works!

Thanks for the nice words.

72/73,

Bill  KA8VIT

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On 3/9/2004 at 9:01 AM Roy Koeppe wrote:

>About...
>
>"Hi everyone,
>
>Thought this might interest a few of you.  An easy
>to build homebrew paddle I put together.
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ka8vit/VITPaddle/index.html
>
>73,
>
>Bill  KA8VIT"
>
>
>Bill,
>
>TNX for the photos. You know, that looks more like a cootie or
>sideswiper key. Your paddle has no "indexing" feature--no centering
>return. Do you have problems with it 'drifting' away from center while
>you're sending? I could imagine it getting closer to one side if you
>aren't careful, and even touching a contact inadvertently? Indexing is
>the difficult part of designing and building paddles.
>
>73,    Roy    K6XK/0
>
>
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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
ka8vit@ix.netcom.com
www.qsl.net/ka8vit