When I lived in Oklahoma City, the yearly ham fest had a QLF contest.
Participants did not need to bring a key.  The club had a straight key
that was about four or five feet long and about two feet wide.  All
contestants used that key.

It was quite fun to watch ;o)

Good luck, Ted

Tom,

N5GE

On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 05:30:01 +0000, you wrote:

>I just learned there will be a QLF contest at Frostfest in Richmond in 
>February.  (Our son and his family live there, so the trip wouldn’t be 
>entirely fanciful.)  If I enter the contest I’ll want to train for it 
>seriously.  Having never done QLF before, I am open to advice.  First, the 
>equipment – do the contestants each bring their own “key” or is there some 
>contraption everyone has to use, to equalize the challenge?  How about a 
>KXPD3, for the low power single toe division?  What’s the duration of the 
>transmission?  What characteristics will the judges be most attentive to – 
>would a snazzy sock design give an unfair advantage?
>
>And yes, Elecraft reportedly will have a table there too.
>
>Ted, KN1CBR
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