[Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

[Andrea Borgia]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Brian Mury wrote:


> On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:51 -0500, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> > It's a sideswiper.
> No, it's a single lever paddle. Note the three wire connection (and you
> can even see the cuts in the copper base that isolate the dit, dah, and
> ground connections).

Actually, it is both: you can't see it in the picture but below the
"crocodiles" (is that the correct name?) lies a black jumper wire connecting
red and white(*) contacts and this is the normal configuration (for me). I
have tried to use it a single-lever paddle, but I prefer to do my dits and
dats by myself ;-)

Once I lay my hands on a Simplex Mono, things might change, though...

B73,
Andrea.

(*) colors are not casual: this way I remember which one goes right and
which one left 8-)

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