[TenTec] new to CW dxing

[k3miy at csonline.net]

Jim

"Code Worrier"!? Didn't know one had to worry about it :-)

Ron
K3MIY



Quoting Jim Lowman <jmlowman at sbcglobal.net>:

> 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.
> >
> >
> 
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