They sell at Wal-Mart, for use in RV's to keep things from sliding
around. Tones of uses around the house. I had one under my HexKey
until a recent trip. Now will have to track down that roll again and
get another piece
David Wilburn
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Thanks to Ken, K0PP, for the note about the wobbly Hexkey feet - since
I've been busy with a long laundry list of things to do in the middle of
hurricane season here in South Texas. I, too, noted that the Hexkey
was a little difficult to adjust to, after too many years of not using a
paddle,
You might find that stiff feet don't stick to the deck so well.
David
G3UNA
From: Gil Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/09/19 Wed AM 09:39:46 BST
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey waiting on bench, due to warning
Thanks to Ken, K0PP, for the note about
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey waiting on bench, due to warning
You might find that stiff feet don't stick to the deck so well.
David
G3UNA
From: Gil Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/09/19
I got a small swatch of a rubberized waffle like padding - you can see
through the mesh like a screen - and it stops the 'scoot' really great. I've
had
it so long that I can't remember where it came from, and I'm not even sure it
was intended for use with a key. The one I have is blue,
Is that, perhaps, something called Rug Gripper? You can get it in
small rolls in most hardware type stores. Initially used to put under
throw rugs on wooden floors. But great for this as well. Can be cut to
size.
Michael N4NMR
Ashburn, VA
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I got a small swatch of
Michael Bower wrote:
Is that, perhaps, something called Rug Gripper? You can get it in
small rolls in most hardware type stores. Initially used to put under
throw rugs on wooden floors. But great for this as well. Can be cut to
size.
My wife uses it to keep stuff from sliding around in
Living in the shaky west, I got a roll of something like that intended to
keep breakables on the table when the next earthquake hits (unless the
earthquake turns the table over, of course). Mine is brown and I found it in
a stationary store. Does a FB job of keeping my bugs in place. I've found
If this is the same stuff I'm thinking of, in addition to Rug Gripper as
another fellow posted, it's available in smaller rolls in the housewares section
of stores like Wal-Mart. It's marketed as a type of drawer liner. I've also
seen it in the hardware stores, and I also once saw a sleeping bag
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Michael Bower wrote:
Is that, perhaps, something called Rug Gripper? You can get it in small
rolls in most hardware type stores. Initially used to put under throw rugs
on wooden floors. But great for this as well. Can be cut to size.
There are also a rubberized mesh
I send backwards. When I built my first keyer, I had it in my head that
the thumb (thick, heavy) was used to send dashes. As soon as my Heath
keyer was done I discovered my mistake in logic but it was too late. I
had already begun to train my brain by sending air morse and the thumb
was tied to
On April 14, 2007 11:09 am, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Why would you reverse the normal thumb for dits, index finger for
dashes setup? That's been standard since the first bugs and carried over
unchanged into the paddle/keyers.
I also use my thumb for dashes and index finger for dits. I find my
Darrell wrote:
With a bug, I can see where one would need to use the force that the thumb
can more easily deliver to get that pendulum swinging, but that kind of
force is not needed for keyer paddles. I suspect that is why the dits where
on the thumb side of the bug for right hand users.
Gents;
I'm in the process of relearning how to use a paddle, having only
gotten the feel of a Vibroplex keyer three decades back from an old pal.
I'm now stumbling around with a Bencher paddle, the first of the line
that's of the fall apart design, and thus I have to be careful about
how I
] Re: Hexkey
Gents;
I'm in the process of relearning how to use a paddle, having only
gotten the feel of a Vibroplex keyer three decades back from an old pal.
I'm now stumbling around with a Bencher paddle, the first of the line
that's of the fall apart design, and thus I have
My HexKey is the best investment I have made. Once I got the adjustment
so there was about a 1/8 distance between the plates and magnets, it
was awesome. Lots of weight, it doesn't move around on the bench on me
(and I have very large hands). I set it up and I have not had to do
anything
or on
the floor somewhere.
Ron AC7AC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Gibbs
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:27 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey
Gents;
I'm in the process of relearning how to use
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey
Why would you reverse the normal thumb for dits, index finger for dashes
setup? That's been standard since the first bugs and carried over
unchanged
into the paddle/keyers.
It sounds like you are running into an essential
Woah!
-IF- you typed correctly and meant to say what you said, you're
approaching it backwards although you'd be OK until you needed
to send with someone else's correctly set-up paddles.
Benchers are wonderful paddles, IMHO, but the Bencher Hex Key
is even better. A fine key!
73! Ken
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey
Gents;
I'm in the process of relearning how to use a paddle, having only
gotten the feel of a Vibroplex keyer three decades back from an old pal.
I'm now stumbling around with a Bencher paddle, the first of the line
that's of the fall apart design, and thus I
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