It rained on Sunday, September 24, 2006, so I decided to build a single
lever electronic keyer Morse paddle. The goal was to use parts on
hand with the cost not to exceed $0.00. Four small right angle
brackets, two 1/4-inch nuts, half-inch of 1/4 threaded rod, one 4-40
brass screw and nut, four wood screws, three fender washers, three lugs,
and one-block of hardwood later, 4-inch piece of double sided PC board,
and the paddle was done. It took about and hour to complete and to
then modify the paddle.
Here's how it came out. The first
two images below show the key with a too floppy and thin lever and no
ability to adjust dit and dah spacing. I replaced the sheet metal
with a piece of double-sided PC board material and then angled the dit
and dah brackets allowing for spacing adjustment. I also reduced
the washers from six to four as the PC board was thicker than the sheet
metal. Works great. Not a Begali, but you couldn't tell it
wasn't when you listen to it on the air. Questions or comments to wb2mic@arrl.net.
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