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

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Living in the "shaky" west, I got a roll of something like that intended to
keep breakables on the table when the next earthquake hits (unless the
earthquake turns the table over, of course). Mine is brown and I found it in
a stationary store. Does a FB job of keeping my bugs in place. I've found
that wiping the table with a very slightly damp paper towel (or simply
cleaning the table top in that spot) just before setting it in place makes
it stick like it was glued against any side-to-side resistance, but it can
be lifted off of the table without effort or damage to the finish! 

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
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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