[Elecraft] Re: Hexkey waiting on bench, due to warning

[Michael Bower]

Is that, perhaps, something called "Rug Gripper"?  You can get it in 
small rolls in most hardware type stores.  Initially used to put under 
throw rugs on wooden floors.  But great for this as well.  Can be cut to 
size.

Michael N4NMR
Ashburn, VA


AJSOENKE at aol.com wrote:
> I got a small swatch of a rubberized waffle like padding - you can see  
> through the mesh like a screen - and it stops the 'scoot' really great. I've had  
> it so long that I can't remember where it came from, and I'm not even sure it  
> was intended for use with a key. The one I have is blue, quite thin, and very  
> soft. If anyone knows where it comes from or it's original intended use, I 
> think  it would be a boon to all cw ops. I used a bencher before my hexkey and 
> before  that it was a homebrew. The tendency has been to make the key heavier 
> to reduce  the scoot from an intense contester or pileup op whose a little 
> excited.  But that doesn't stop it unless the feet are soft and a little 'sticky' 
> on the  surface. soft rubber legs stick but flex and the hard rubber doesn't 
> flex but it  scoots - what a dilemma!  That pad I found is the best of both 
> worlds - it  even works if the feet are hard plastic buttons.  For the hexkey - 
> get the  pad and some nylon feet - no jiggle and no scoot.
>  
> Al WA6VNN
> 
> 
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