[Elecraft] OT: Keying contacts - Clairification

[Rob Locher W7GH]

My Bencher BY-2 paddle has gold-plated silver contacts.  The contacts  
don't wipe.  The paddle is 21 years old.  The contacts have *never* been  
cleaned, and the paddle works great.

73,
- Rob W7GH




On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:09:55 -0700, Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>  
wrote:

> The contact area is a high stress point of pressure, Gold is a soft  
> metal and actually can develop films that inhibit good conduction,  
> unless the contact "wipes" so as to be self cleaning.