The Rugged Rustic Paddle

摘要

Paddles for elect-ronic keyers are usually a mechanical arrange-ment often constructed with watchmaker precision. For portable or mobile operation such a paddle is easily damaged. Is there an alternative? Del, godln, has designed a paddle which has no springs or delicate mechanical parts. It comprises pieces of PCB material and flexible insulating material clamped between wooden blocks, which is then fixed to a baseboard. The complete paddle is shown in the Fig 1.