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Review Summary For : ScQRPion Paddle
Reviews: 2MSRP: $32/$29.00
Description:
Small Paddle Kit
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.azscqrpions.org
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
0024.5
NC4RT Rating: 2013-07-22
Cute, but small Time Owned: more than 12 months.
These do the job they promise to do... they are easy to put together, small in footprint, and do a nice job.

Not the most tightly machined paddles you'll ever owned, but perhaps the most elegantly simple. And the brass is nice and solid.

The base comes with 4 of those semi-spherical clear plastic feet... I don't find they stay in position on my desk very well. You need something there, to give clearance to the wiring, which runs beneath the base plate. I constructed a little jig with some molding to hold the paddle unit in place, yet let it pop out for portable use, and it now sits solidly on my desk.

Negatives: the spring is lightweight, giving a maximum sending speed in the 20-25 wpm range I should think. I also expect it to lose force at some point, althought it has not so far.
WA3SLN Rating: 2008-05-18
Nice little fun paddle Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Great little paddle. Fun to build and use. Bought it to use with my IC-703+ at the cabin, FD etc. It's a lot easier to build if you just look at the pictures online but comes with instruction. Can't go wrong for 30 bucks. Mike WA3SLN