[CW] New Key - Aluminum with carbon fiber paddles

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

There are several Italian makers of high quality keys.

Pietro Begali I2RTF http://www.i2rtf.com/
and
Alberto Frattini  I1QOD 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://f6iie.free.fr/clefs_i1qod.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DI1QOD%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG

Alberto Frattini does NOT have a web page but he does have email: 
i1qod at inwind.it

If the link for the translation of F6IIE's web page doesn't come out 
correctly - or you need a different language, just put in I1QOD into 
www.google.com and you will see that page come out as the first response.

There are others -

My recommendations would be for hand keys would be I1QOD - he has both the 
leaf spring "Swedish" type (Verticale) and the pivot type (Marconi 213 - 
Italian Coast Station key).  Alberto I1QOD also makes a very good (so others 
say) manipulators for keyers.  Alberto also make one of the two current 
production of Semi-Automatic (bug) keys with dual levers.  The other maker 
of one is GHD available via Morse Express www.morsex.com which makes them in 
both mechanical and optical types.

My preference for keyers would be Pietro Begali's Graciella key - it is a 
version very much like the WBL V22 key.

My dream "mini collection" would be I1QOD "Italian Coast Station" straight 
key, I1QOD "Semi-automatica" (dual lever bug) and a I2RTF Gracellia dual 
lever low mass paddle.

73

David N1EA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad" <la5he at otterstad.dk>
To: <CW at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:46 AM
Subject: RE: [CW] New Key - Aluminum with carbon fiber paddles



Perhaps you saw the Italian made gem ?

Cannot remembere the name of it but saw them at FN last June.

Superb craftmanship and not cheap

73  MX

" RAG "  Ragnar Otterstad   LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO


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