Putikeeg Mini CW Key Automatic Morse - Radio HAM Send Telegram Double Paddle Morse Code Key with Stainless Steel Body Three Neodymium Magnets Base

Excellent quality, compact solid feel .Well designed.Paddles are ball bearing mounted, resulting in smooth action.Magnetic base his handy but of course doesn’t work on non-ferrous surfaces. Excellent choice for field work. Great value

Very clever design! Much better than any of the 3D printed paddles that are everywhere. Looks like the body parts were produced using EDM and tumbled to provide super clean and precise cuts and edges. Incredibly solid with no play in the bearings. The magnetic return of the paddles is smooth with no springs to fiddle with. Magnetic mounting with the three magnets is strong and will hold up under vigorous keying. The only delicate part is the PC board that holds the jack and switch and makes the connections to the paddles. I say delicate because if you were to drop this chunk of stainless and have it land on the PCB the 1/8" jack or the reversing switch could be compromised but with even modest care that should never happen. For home use I cut and finished a 3"x4" quarter inch thick steel plate and added some single sided foam tape to the bottom to keep it from sliding around while in use. I found that just a few drops of water spread out on the bottom of the foam helps the assembly stick to the desk or pad of paper but lifts up without any problems when moving it to another location. I can see this being quite a nice paddle for SOTA or field day as it will stick to whatever piece of steel is convenient and hold tight.My disappointment is with the two adjustable grub screws that come installed and the fact that each screw required a different size hex key 1.5mm and 2mm, guessing burrs on the socket head were the culprit causing the discrepancy. The second set of grub screws that come with the kit have sharp points instead of flats for the contact surface and actually perform better anyway. The locking nuts are best tightened with a small 5.5mm metric ignition wrench and I was able to use a 0.0015mm shim to set the contact gap quite easily. I found this to be as much fun to use as my Begali and is less fussy to set up.The telescopic QuadroPack style shipping container does make a nice way to keep the unit clean and safe for transport. It's large enough to hold the key along with a shim and wrenches for making adjustments if necessary along with a double 1/8" male connecting cable. I was a little skeptical until I started playing with it and now I have to admit it really does deserve 5 stars.

Il tasto e fatto bene. Le regolazioni sono facili, nella scatola ci sono le chiavi per le regolazioni, come il cavetto intestato con due jack da 3,5 stereo. Non bisogna stringere troppo la corsa della leve altrimenti il tasto si attacca. Non ci sono molle , il ritorno e magnetico. Così come ci sono i tre magneti che lo fanno aderire in maniera molto forte in tutte le superfici metalliche di ferro, come sopra FT817. Tutto sommato vale la spesa, considerando che un suo simile di una blasonata marca, costa tre volte di più.

Muy bien construido, quizás un poco pequeño, però si tienes una base en la cual se pueda amarrar los imants no será problema.

Måste placeras på magnetiskt underlag, annars får man hålla den i handen...Det lilla kretskortet baktill är en sårbarhet, därför har jag köpt 2 st. i reserv.Något dyr i jämförelse, men man slipper vänta i veckor på leverans...