[Elecraft] Cheap keyer paddle?

[k7sss at aol.com]

Hi,Here is a club link for a portable paddle.http://www.w8cso.org/teneke.php 73  Jim HK7SSS In a message dated 9/18/2020 11:41:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, k6dgw at foothill.net writes: 
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
>

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