[Elecraft] Elecraft Hex Key worth?

[Augie "Gus" Hansen]

Other than having two paddles for iambic keying, these keys are quite 
different. The BY-1 is fragile and finicky; the Hex key is solid and 
easily adjusted. I've had both and much prefer the Hex key. However, 
both have been replaced by a Scheunemann M-Dirigent (was Schurr Profi).

     http://www.morsex.com/scheun/

73,
Gus Hansen
KB0YH

     BY-1: http://www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/p199.html

     Hex Key: http://www.vibroplex.com/contents/en-us/p250.html


On 1/10/2018 12:23 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> I had a HexKey from Elecraft for quite awhile.  It was basically the 
> Bencher BY-1 paddle mechanism on a hexagonal base that was somewhat 
> heavier [and more stable] than the BY-1 base.  Dave, W8FGU, made me a 
> cover.
>
> A deficiency in both the BY-1 and HexKey was the contact adjustment 
> screws.  The threads are fairly coarse and adjustment was very touchy 
> and not readily repeatable.