[TenTec] new to CW dxing

[Jim Lowman]

Speaking of heavy paddles - yesterday I ordered a P-4 from Jerry, K8RA.
This thing is a beast - at 5 lbs, it's about two pounds heavier than my
Mercury paddle.  You'd have to be a boxer to move this around the desk.

I didn't start out to be a key collector, but I've amassed quite a 
collection:

Mercury paddle (from the era after N2DAN became a SK and pre-Bencher)
Elecraft HexKey
Vibroplex straight key, Iambic, Original Deluxe bug and Code Worrier
Kent Twin paddle (gift from the XYL when we were at Pacificon)
Ten-Tec 40th anniversary paddle (no s/n that I can see)
Bencher BY-1 and an MFJ look-alike

and my latest acquisitions, a Begali Sculpture and a ZN-V from N3ZN,
which should be here by the end of the month.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 7/2/2012 9:09 PM, Richards wrote:
> I am equally fortunate to have already accumulated a few high quality
> keys - One is the Limited Edition Ten-Tec 40th Anniversary/Bencher
> iambic paddle, Serial No. 006 (which I have yet to take from the box).
> Another is my most recent acquisition, one of the very first Vibroplex
> Vibrocube dual iambic paddles - which are not even for sale on the
> Vibroplex web site yet.  If you see a photo of it, chances are I took
> the pic as a favor to Scott (you know... formerly of Ten-Tec...).  It
> weighs nearly 6 pounds !   I don't think it will migrate on the desk
> even under heavy use!  It is a real thing of beauty.
>
>