Jonathan, I could not have said it better myself. My covid income is giving me a new appreciation of my spending. I am an engineer, so I have been used to spending what I want. We used to be able to buy a J-38 for a couple of dollars. These days quality can be expensive. Maybe I should look into building something. Mark
> On Jan 7, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I just wanted to see if I was looking at the same keys that you were. > > Making a key is easy. I once made a telegraph key from a peanut can and a > couple of nails. Making a good key is harder. > > On the other hand, spending three hundred dollars for a key is not something > I'm going to do on a whim. If I buy a key I'm confident is good, I want to > be sure it's something I am going to use, and I've used squeeze keys for 40 > years. Lately I've been thinking that I want to get a single-paddle key so I > can practice using it either without a keyer or with a keyer configured in > semiautomatic mode, but the stratospheric cost of most keys has made me > hesitate to pull the trigger. These are modest enough price-wise that I > could possibly justify buying one just to try it out. > > On 1/7/2021 3:16 PM, Mark Brantana via BVARC wrote: >> Jonathan, >> >> Yes. There are three different models. They appear to be 3D printed. This >> also made me wonder if I shouldn’t fire up Inventor and design my own. These >> seem to be about the most reasonably priced keys, and I was really looking >> to see who might have experienced them. Thank you for your >> question. >> >> Mark >> N5PRD >> >>> On Jan 7, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not sure what you mean by acrylic key. I see they've got a bunch of >>> inexpensive keys that appear to be 3D printed. Is that what you're talking >>> about? >>> >>> On 1/7/2021 3:52 AM, Mark Brantana via BVARC wrote: >>>> What does anyone think of the GigaParts Acrylic keys ? They come in >>>> several models and colors, with Al base or plastic. Anyone try one? >>>> Mark >>>> N5PRD >>>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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