Or how about just a little "do it yourself" gold plating of the standard
contacts?
The "issue" with the regular Begali contacts (as well as those used
by Schurr and others) is that they appear to be of an alloy that
forms a semi-conducting surface.
The solution is to add a schmidt trigger inverter and FET driver
(or dual comparator) in line with each paddle contact.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vic K2VCO
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:18 PM
To: Chris Wagner
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] recommendation of a low cost iambic
paddle / BeengaliSimplex shipping with gold contacts
Chris Wagner wrote:
I ordered the regular Simplex and paid a few bucks
more due to making an EU payment. Anyhow, they will
send me the model with the gold contacts as this is
the one they have in stock, while the regular contacts
will be manufactured in a few weeks. So if you plan to
get one of these, ask if you could get the upgrade.
If the 'regular' contacts are the same as what was previously
supplied
with the various Begali magnetic paddles, they have problems
with many
keyers, including the K2's internal keyer, the Logikey, and
others. So
the gold contacts are a very good investment.
If you're interested in details see my review of the Begali Magnetic
Professional, about the 5th one down at
<http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3468>. Other than the non-gold
contacts, I love this paddle.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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