[Elecraft] CW Key Suggestions - info on N0SA paddles

Greg ab7r at cablespeed.com
Tue Jun 26 12:20:56 EDT 2012


I hope he gets it.  I have an SP2 from N0SA and love it.

73
Greg
AB7R


On 6/26/12, Rick Johnson <w3bi.rick at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I sent Larry an email saying I would like to order the SP2 paddle
> His response:
>
>
> Rick
>  Thank you for your interest in my paddles.
> I believe my last SP paddle has just been sold. I am waiting to hear back
> from the person about the sale.
> If he decides not to buy then you can have it.
>  I am in the process of retiring so I am selling all the paddles I already
> have built. After that I will continue to build on a very limited basis and
> just
> list what I have for sale. No more waiting list and no custom orders. I will
>
> just build for fun.
> 73's and I will let you know what happens with the SP.
> Larry Naumann
> n0sa
>
> So I guess the paddles will become difficult to get ahold of now.
>
> 73,
> Rick W3BI
>
>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:23:00 -0500
>> From: wrmoore47 at gmail.com
>> To: phystad at mac.com
>> CC: ed.goss at comcast.net; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Key Suggestions
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> On the SP1/2, there is only one lever, and both finger pieces are
>> attached to it.  The lever and the two finger pieces move as one.
>>
>> 73,
>> Randy, KS4L
>>
>> On 6/26/2012 12:12 AM, Phil Hystad wrote:
>> > So, a question...
>> >
>> > With the dual levers of a single lever (non-iambic) SP2 paddle, when you
>> > press one paddle, does the opposite paddle move in concert or is it
>> > actually disconnected from the lever action of the other paddle.  In
>> > other words, do the paddles swing like an old Vibroplex Original (which
>> > is also sitting on my desk) or like an iambic although without iambic
>> > keying.
>> >
>> > phil, K7PEH
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Randy Moore wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have an N0SA SP1, predecessor to the current SP2, both single lever
>> >> paddles. I love the way it operates and looks. Excellent workmanship!
>> >> Its really pretty small. Not sure what's different between my SP1 and
>> >> the newer SP2.  These single lever paddles won't do iambic, which I
>> >> never could master. The two finger pieces give good spacing for thumb
>> >> and forefinger, but they are attached to the same lever.
>> >>
>> >> The paddle was a gift from my YF on my 50th anniversary as a ham :-)
>> >>
>> >> 73,
>> >> Randy, KS4L
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> These look nice -- does anyone here own one?  I am probably weak on
>> >>> understanding the terminology though.  Does single-lever imply that it
>> >>> is not an iambic squeeze type paddle.  I noticed that the single-lever
>> >>> version appears to have two levers but guessing that these do not
>> >>> offer the Squeeze feature (which by the way I have never really
>> >>> learned to use).
>> >>>
>> >>> phil, K7PEH
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jun 25, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Ed G wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Check out Larry's paddles at:
>> >>>> http://n0sa.com/
>> >>>> Beautiful machine work with highly efficient low-mass arms; a real
>> >>>> bargain
>> >>>> for the price he charges.  There is also a single-lever version
>> >>>> available.
>> >>>> --Ed--
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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