The trapezoidal base paddles sound like they may be "Scotia" paddles from the 1980's. They are still my 'far and away' favorite paddles with a solid brass base on wood and use magnets instead of a spring for return force adjustment.
73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 10:22 AM To: Lyle Johnson; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Hexkey correction and abject apology Sorry, a technical difficulty in my mind. I take a photo of my station periodically, usually when I change something. I found the paddle in question, it was somewhat old when it was given to me. It is *not* a hexkey, it has a trapazoidal base, narrower in back. It does have the "yoke" arrangement of the BY-1 but it is more square-ish. From the photo angle, I can't see if it had the spring looped around the post. I also have a photo of my HexKey from Elecraft and it is *definitely not* a BY-1 mechanism. I would still have it, and the $400+ wife spent on the ZN-SL single-lever for my birthday, were it not for my decreasing ability to manipulate the dual paddle with either hand. It, and the two BY-1's I still have, were/are touchy to adjust. I never became iambicized so I lost nothing going to the SL and regained the ability to send over 25 WPM. I apologize for the mixup 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 1/10/2018 11:49 AM, Lyle Johnson wrote: > [private] > > Hello Fred! > > I have a BY-1 as well as an Elecraft-branded Hex key. > > The mechanisms on the two paddles I own are completely different. > > The BY-1 uses a spring looped around a post for return force. > > The Hex Key uses magnets for return force adjustments. Unlike the > BY-1, both paddle arms on the Hex key are independently adjustable for > travel as well as force. > > I agree with you that they botched it a bit by using coarse instead of > fine threaded screws for adjustment, and on mine at least the magnets > are not well-centered on the screws which makes the force adjustment > even more difficult to fine-tune. > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
