[CW] Excellent sideswiper sending from F8GNV

[Chris R. NW6V]

Ingenious, and a lovely creation Rick. Kudos!

73 Chris NW6V


On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 9:33 AM Rick Dettinger <k7mw78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I mounted my Kent single lever paddle on a 6mm brass plate with a wood
> spacer cut away for the wiring between.  I prefer terminal posts rather
> than a captive cable, so I purchased them from Kent  Keys.  Finger piece is
> Teak.  I prefer this key to a leaf spring (saw blade) type key, although I
> learned with a home-brew saw blade key.
> Dot and dash contacts are shorted underneath the key in the spacer.
> If I wanted a little spring action, I would put the leaf spring between
> the lever and the finger piece.
> I find it works well as is.
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 14, 2023, at 8:31 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:42 AM Radio KH6O <radio.kh6o at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Is there any reason, other than asthetic, for not using a single-paddle
> keyer as a sideswiper?
> >
> >
> http://vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/d10_VIBROKEYER_single_lever_paddles.html
> >
> > 73,
> > Jeff KH6O
> >  Hello Jeff, Aloha!
> >
> > I use a modified Vibroplex single lever keyer. I found the width of the
> combination of the button knob and the paddle knob to be too great for
> comfortable sending in cootie mode, so I had someone make me a single knob
> with a inset fastener with a special U shaped two prong spanner to tighten
> it.  Much better, someone on the Internet was selling such a modification
> but I could not find it right now.  Maybe it's gone.  Maybe Vibroplex will
> make one.
> > http://www.sideswipernet.org/pix/n1ea_vibrokeyer_ssk_1.jpg
> >
> >
> > It's mentioned in my "How to send with a Sideswiper" article on the web.
> > https://www.qsl.net/n1ea/sideswiper
> >
> > There's also a link in that article to a recording from circa 1910 of
> fast hand key sending which is very interesting.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > DR
> > N1EA
> >
> >
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