A Simple Morse Key

摘要

This morse key was designed as an exercise before I had passed the Morse test in early 1999. It may not be original, but it works well and was tried out by that well-known Morse enthusiast, Pat Hawker, G3VA, who liked it enough to ask if he could keep it! Unfortunately, I had by then passed the Morse test, and gave it to my tutor as a 'thank-you' present. This article is in two parts, firstly, the design of the key is described and secondly, some words of wisdom are offered regarding the working, handling and shaping of acrylic plastic.