[Elecraft] Integrated paddles for K1?

[Tom Althoff]

Hi Mike!

I have the Palm Paddle tapped and screwed to the side of my K2.   My K1 also
had one expoxied to the right side of the radio.   I forgot who on this list
bought my K1-4 but he can tell you his experience.

There are magnets too but they don't stick well to the aluminum cabinet of
the K1.   I had one that stuck really well to the steel case of my FT-817.

They are light for stand-alone use but before I mounted them permanantly I
used the old straight key two handed keying technique...hold the key/paddle
with left hand while sending with the right. 8-)

Very light touch..I like them now better than my Brown Brothers.   The
paddles* themselves  slide turtle-like inside the hard protective shell when
not in use.

73 de Tom K2TA
*while many people, myself included, refer to the entire key as a "keyer
paddle" when I refer to the lever/finger-pad assembly I use the term
"paddle" if it is a single lever movement and "paddles" if there are two
independent finger pads...as in ping-pong paddles.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Markowski" <mm at UDel.Edu>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Integrated paddles for K1?


> Hi all,
>
> I'm planning a K1 purchase and am considering buying the tilt stand whose
> description says, "You can also attach a lightweight keyer paddle directly
to
> the stand."  That sounds like a nice compact set up and a web search
turned up
> two sets of K1-ready paddles, one from www.paddlette.com and one from
> www.palm-radio.de.
>
> Can anyone speak to the quality of those paddles?  I wonder if they're so
> lightweight that they're fragile.  And are there others I should consider?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike  ab3ap
>
> k2-4834
> k1-????  :-)
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