Build a Morse Paddle Key - For Free!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- I needed a small hand-held morse key for my portable contest operations where I occasionally may need to send (rusty) morse. So, instead of spending tens to hundreds of £/$s, I made my own for free.
I had vague recollections of someone previously making a paddle key out of a mains 3-pin plug. After much internet searching my thanks go to Perry G0IFI as it was a picture of his key I eventually came across.
The finished key probably can no longer be inserted into a mains socket due to the addition of the paddles, but best to keep out of the way of young prying eyes, just in case.
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Ian. - Наука та технологія
I have created the same key yesterday. I can go as fast as 30wpm with that. Excellent key.
Brilliant Mat! 👍🏻
Great idea. 🎉
@@jaystephenson Thanks!
I've learnt more here in 6mins than the last 2 years of looking in the wrong places, I would love to learn morse to even a slow beginners level.
Hi Steve and thanks. There’s an intro to Morse video on this channel if you have a look back. Good luck 👍🏻
Found it. Here you go: Getting Back Into Morse Code
ua-cam.com/video/lEIQYYvZBus/v-deo.html
I gave myself 12 hours with morse mania. I just keyed this with the morse keyboard on gboard!
A good idea there Ian, something quite different.
Thanks Gary. Will probably use maybe once a month if that, so no need for anything fancy, just to have to hand and in-hand when needed 😀
Great explanation and kiss construction lol
Thanks!
nicely done. Thumbs up!
Thanks Callum 👍🏻
Awesome 👏
Thanks Brian 👍🏻
Excellent video again love it I might have a go at one these as I love my cw but will make the paddles a tadge longer for my own preference of course..keep em coming great job Ian 👏👏👍john m0asn
Go for it John! Will need screwing to something if not used in-hand 👍🏻
😂 now I have to go to U.K to get this plug haha 73;)
Ha, yes, the down-side….🤔
Any way was good idea with this wall plug;)
Great video and happy new year. All I know with morse is CQ and sos 😂
Motters M7TRS 73 👍🏻
Two important ones 😁
Learb "squeeze" (iambic) keying: X and P are the only letters that require pressing a paddle more than once.
Will take a look Bill 👍🏻
Cool video
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superb!
Thanks!
Love it !!
Thanks!
Clever
Thanks Joe 👍🏻
Superb
Thanks!
Yes well i am definitely going to make one make good qso conversation with it telling them what I am useing .👍
Ps I am going to try lengths of hacksaw blades for paddles see how they work lol
Yes, I’ve seen the hacksaw blade one too. You could end up with a display shelf of rather odd looking Morse keys 🤔 Have fun John!
@@ianxfs cheers Ian ps all the best for the new year to you and yours 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks John and the same to you 👍🏻
That's fucking brilliant! I love it!
Thanks.
If you use an American plug i guess to can max out at 60 wpm??
Yes, limited to a mere 50 here Roly 🙄….😁
From ~50 years ago until quite recently, "keys" were keys and "paddles" were paddles. Recently the vocabulary has become jumbled.
Definitions:
Key, Morse key, straight key = the original up and down single contact.
Paddles, dual iambic or single = the sideways two contacts.
Many related terms, but the recent 'word salad' is jumbling key and paddles.
Thanks for that clarification 👍🏻