I occasionally have a problem with my VibroPlex Code Warrior Jr. iambic
paddles. When I use it as a "squeeze key," squeezing the paddles together,
it does not send the -.-.-.-.- but just stops sending. I checked wiring
and it is fine. and yet at times the "squeeze-key" works and then does not
work. my bencher paddles work fine on my Yaesu and Omni 6+ and on my MFJ
electronic keyer.
I thought the ground or another contact on the paddles was bad, shorted,
cold soldered, etc. nope. I resoldered, I checked the connections. spent
3 hours trying to get the paddles to work when squeezed as a "squeeze key"
again. NOOOOO LUCK! Ultimately, I had to put the ground contact on one
paddle, by the magnet. there it works fine as a "squeeze key," giving me
true iambic function. yet it did work fine as a "squeeze key" once with the
ground wire on the base of the key where VibroPlex tells u to put it. have
any of u had this problem? I'm wondering if the paint on the base of the
key paddles occasionally acts as an insulator. Weird.
Bob, KZ2G --- 10-10 # 10148
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