[Elecraft] Re: Now how 'bout a good straight key recommendation? :)

[Phil Wheeler]

Trevor Day wrote:

> Whilst on the subject of old straight keys,  my straight key is German 
> and, I think, WW2 vintage.  I'll post a couple of pics  and would be 
> interested to hear from anyone who recognises it. (Even if its just to 
> translate the German text)
> http://www.qsl.net/g3zyy/key%20top.jpg          (71k file)
> http://www.qsl.net/g3zyy/key%20open.jpg (70k file)
>
> Whilst I'm at it; how about a 'Spot the K2' contest..  Here's my entry 


No Chance <grin>.

Straight Keys:

I have an old WWII Navy(?) key that I bought in 1953; silver plated and 
the label on the armature is "C.L.T. 26001-B".  Still my favorite.

But I lost track of it for a few years (turned up in the broom closet!), 
 So I bought others.  One is a Nye from Morse Express with really heavy 
contacts, a very nice key.  Also have the Kent key with ball bearings -- 
nice, but not very portable.  Then I have a few tiny ones.  And I have 
one of the enclosed (British?) WWII keys.

Mostly nowadays I use paddles (took me 10 or so years to get the hang of 
them).

73, Phil