There is a new manufacturer advertising in Sprat magazine. Model UMPP-1 is advertised bench model and there are others $60 to US. Not quite "cheap" but very small and good for travelling. www.umpp-cw.com [email protected]
73 David G3UNA/G6CP > On 18 September 2020 at 08:36 David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There are several cheapies on eBay for about $35. You'd probably need > to stick it down to something heavier because they look pretty light. > > Dave AB7E > > > > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
