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

Kevin B. G. Luxford [email protected]
Thu May 29 06:07:01 2003


Hi Trevor,

In case no-one else has replied to you, you have one of those fabulous
Junker keys.  Junker was a German naval officer in both WWI and WWII.
The engineering in these keys is superb - although they do not look
particularly pretty.  I have one and apart from the American style
sending it assumes (arm resting on the bench and key knob close to the
bench - I prefer the British style with the arm in free space) it is my
favourite key.

Regards,

Kevin
VK3DAP / ZL2DAP

"homo non potest diu vivere sine aliqua delectatione sensibili"
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Home page: http://www.qsl.net/vk3dap
 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Wheeler
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:49 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Now how 'bout a good straight key
recommendation? :)


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


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