[Elecraft] Suggested key/paddle for CW for a the K3 and others (not expensive)

[Ken Chandler]

You may want to take a look at the Chevron key, Its solid Bronze, hand built here in the uk.
fotget the url but google search Chevron keys.


Ken..G0ORH - M3i

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CW4EVER     


On 5 Jan 2013, at 03:04, Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com> wrote:


One thing you can do to help decide - try adjusting the spacing.  Note the pitch of the adjusting screws and how tight they hold their position.
Put a piece of paper into the gap and see how much control you have in adjusting the controls.  yes, you should be able to set the gap to this spacing and have it hold.  Another poster would not name names.  I will, because I've owned them.
Yes a Begali can do this.  No a Vibroplex vibrokeyer cannot.

The other choice you have is between spring loaded or magnetic.  I used spring loaded keys since 1965, till I got a Begali in 2009.  I went through Vibroplex, Bencher, Kent, and a Japanese one that escapes me right now.
All the top ones Begali makes are magnetic.  The paddles hardly move at all.  The gap is so close you can hardly feel it.  I'm not good with mechanical things but I know there are bearings inside that make it possible (to have a close gap and still be very precise).  Mine is a Begali magnetic classic, but it has plastic actuating arms.  My next one will be a Sculpture, but the big decision is should a P3 or a sub receiver for the K3 come first?
Decisions, decisions.  Ain't it great?
Rick  K2XT
                        
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