[Elecraft] K1 Woohoo, 2873 is up and on the air dit on iambic key

[ki4bbl at cox.net]

I, too, am using a Kent paddle.  Thanks for the info.

Greg Doughty

On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Rick Dettinger <k7mw78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found that my K1 was very sensitive to having good electrical  
> contact.  I had trouble with paddles that didn't have the bearings  
> bypassed.  The same paddles worked fine with my K2.  I think this  
> issue would be more likely with ball bearing paddles.  I was using  
> Kent twin lever paddles.  They were not bypassed like their single  
> lever model was.  It used a small piece of braid to go from ground  
> to the bearing spindle.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dettinger  K7MW
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2010, at 3:08 PM, ki4bbl at cox.net wrote:
>
>> Ok, radio is up but I am having an issue with my paddle.  The dit  
>> side
>> of the paddle will occasionally send dah dit instead of just a
>> dit...suggestions?
>>
>> Greg Doughty
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