[Elecraft] Cheap keyer paddle?

[David Gilbert]

There are several cheapies on eBay for about $35.  You'd probably need 
to stick it down to something heavier because they look pretty light.

Dave   AB7E



On 9/17/2020 10:09 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
> I am currently "sheltering in place" far from home and would like to set
> up a station here.  I'm an 11-hour drive from home so I need to buy all
> new accessories.
>
> I already have a good Vibroplex key paddle at home so I don't need
> another high-quality one.  The good ones seem to start at around $175,
> which is way more than I want to pay for temporary use.  I once made a
> homebrew paddle made out of bent aluminum sheet metal and a pair of
> micro switches for the dot and dash contacts. ("A Lightweight Homemade
> Keyer Paddle", QST, July 2009).  I was satisfied with that paddle, so
> you can see that I am not obsessive about "feel".
>
> So who makes a decent, inexpensive key paddle?  (By the way, I don't
> need the iambic feature, so a single-lever model would be fine.)
>
> Alan N1AL