[Elecraft] Begali and K2

[Rich McCabe]

Thanks Dave.

I never would have guessed. I read that Begali has changed the contact 
material to help this. My Signature came last week so I hope it would be 
current. I hate the thought of ordering parts from Begali as it takes so 
long to get anything. Yes, I am impatient !!  Heck, it takes a while to get 
an email response from his Daughter :)

I see on their site they have a gold contact option, but did not see 
anything about silver. I dont know what material I have but its gold in 
color. The one contact on the arm appears pressed in and the other side is 
in the adjusting screw. Did your replacement include new arms and adjusting 
screws?

73,

Rich


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David F. Reed" <davereed at w5sv.org>
To: "Rich McCabe" <r.mccabe at 1967z28.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2


> Rich,
>
> my solution was to order the silver contact replacement set from Begali 
> instead, for the sake of simplicity.
> It took a while for the parts to arrive, but they installed very easily, 
> and work great.
>
> The theory is correct as far as my experience goes.
>
> However, I am an amateur, not a pro, so you might get differing opinions.
>
> 73 de Dave, W5SV
>
> Rich McCabe wrote:
>
>>
>> I just bought a new Begali Signature to go with my K2/100. I was thinking 
>> about buying a MicroHam/K1EL USB CW keyer to work with my Pro III so I 
>> can run mode B.
>>
>> I just ran into this article about a debouncer and the Begali keys. 
>> http://www.microham-usa.com/Products/Begali.html
>>
>> This seems pretty wild to me, but thought I would toss it out the the CW 
>> Pros !  It seems the problem is related to PIC based keyers. Does this 
>> apply to the K2 and what do you think about the whole theory?
>>
>> Thanks and 73,
>>
>> Rich
>> kd0zv
>
>