[Elecraft] first straight key

Tue Mar 4 07:44:01 2003

I have no advice about bugs but while looking for a paddle that I can 
afford (I have always used a strait key) I found this intriguing bug on 
ebay. Of course I can't afford this either :-)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3010339682&category=4671

Dwayne WB5PLJ

At 08:00 PM 3/4/2003 +1100, Kevin B. G. Luxford wrote:
>I must confess to one of my minor obsessions - I have a small collection
>of straight keys, and  have been wondering about a bug and what they are
>like to use.  I have used paddles and an accu-keyer which appeared in
>the ARRL handbook years ago.  The paddles I have are the Bencher BY1 and
>the New Zealand Galbraith which is simple and works nicely.  But I do
>not have a bug. Yet.
>
>The straight keys include a Wm. Nye brass Speedex with rectangular base
>and shorting switch, a couple of New Zealand WT 8 amp No. 2 keys
>(commonly known as the ZC1 key, although this pattern was used all over
>the British Commonwealth in WWII), an Australian Clipsal, a New Zealand
>Supreme, a Hungarian military key with cover and a home made key similar
>in pattern to a BPO key.
>
>I would appreciate comments on keyers, (although the K2 has one built
>in, does it not?) and what people think of bugs.  I have admired the
>McElroy and the Vibroplex bugs, but they cost bulk dollars in Oz terms
>and I don't want to make an outlay without gaining some general advice.
>
>Thanks
>
>Kevin
>VK3DAP / ZL2DAP
>
>[email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Hey folks -
> > Had to tell somebody out there - just hooked up my new Schurr MMK straight
> > key,  First straight key I have ever owned or used. Boy is that a challenge
> > and fun at the same time. Gives a whole new meaning to CW to a guy who has
> > only used a paddle so far! Could get addictive!!!!  Dang if it does not 
> make
> > you curious about a bug!!
> > 73/Tim NZ7C
> >
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