The Brown Brothers paddle was a great design, too, in my opinion. Its
a nice simple design. They haven't been made in many years. At one
time the tooling was for sale in the QST Ham Ads. I read the
patent 3,757.045 via the web and it appears that it is not expired.
The T-T 607 paddle isn't great, but it isn't that bad either, and let's
face it: newcomers to CW are not going to spend $100 and up for a
paddle. The Brown Brothers design would be a step up from the 607
design.
73,
Bob WB2VUF
Mike Siegel wrote:
>
> There is still a chance for Ten-Tec to come up with a really good paddle. I
> understand that W9WBL is no longer making his wonderful paddles. I also
> understand that he's part of that social circle that includes some of the
> senior T-T folks. Maybe they could negotiate to pick up his designs? The
> materials required would certainly be consistent with what T-T uses now, and
> the WBL is a great design.
>
> 73
> Mike KI6PR
> El Rancho R.F., CA
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