[UK-CONTEST] Bencher paddle problem

[G3SJJ]

Not experienced this but a couple of other suggestions. Have you checked 
the nylon bush underneath the baseplate where you fasten a wire to? 
Maybe it is shorting. The other thing is to check if the contacts are 
clean. The old relay contact cleaning tip of drawing a peice of paper 
through the contacts whilst they are squeezed together. Amazing how much 
dirt comes off.

I recently stripped my Bencher down completely, cleaned and reset all 
parts. There was a noticeable improvement in the speed I could send and 
the error rate.

Chris G3SJJ


Ian White GM3SEK wrote:

>Somewhere in the years of commuting between England and Scotland 
>(thankfully now over) the dot paddle of my BY-1 must have had a knock. 
>Nothing is visibly bent or broken, but very occasionally the paddle 
>jumps to a different position and sends intermittent strings of dots in 
>mid-QSO... as if my sending wasn't embarrassing enough already.
>
>I can't see or feel any obvious cause, but suspect that one of the metal 
>spikes has dug into its plastic insert, creating two microscopically 
>different pivot points.
>
>Bencher have supplied a diagram and parts list for the BY-1, but I'm not 
>sure which bits to order.
>
>Any experience of this problem, please?
>
>
>  
>