It’s no joke. I was an electronics tech for years and I had hot flux hit my eye. Some smoothing surgery to the surface but at least glasses can be made now. Happened in a split second. I was wearing glasses but not safety glasses. Be careful .
We have a pretty good collection of old stuff ... thanks to Michael, HiHi!! We both love these little paddles and they are a great way to get started on a paddle because of the low cost. 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Love the study/shack especially the typewriter and calculator. Great work with the keys and soldering.. I have the small one my friend printed for me.. My main shack key is a Begali Sculpture. Trust you have done the update firmware for the QMX with the CW filters. 73 Phil G0BVD
Thanks Phil, Michael loves old typewrites and the calculator/register was an antique find a few years ago! Maybe someday we will try a Begali key, but then I'm afraid we won't go back...HiHi!!! Also, we currently have the QCX mini, but our QMX is on order :-) 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
@@hazer72 hihi we bought a rechargeable soldering iron, but this one heats up so much faster that we tend to use it. Thank you for watching! 73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY
I worked as an electronic tech for a long time and the one good piece of advice I can give you is, when you're done soldering even for a few minutes, wipe your tip on the sponge then apply just a little flux-cored solder. Your tip won't oxidize and it will take solder easily the next time you need it (after a sponge wipe). I've had tips last for years and they always work well.
Thank you! We will definitely look into building more gear. I built the K6ARK EFHW and it actually worked! Not quite ready for a radio but maybe someday after a few other (less expensive) builds are successful :-) 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
¡Gracias!!! ¡Qué placer saber de ti! A ambos nos encanta ver tus videos, los cuales nos inspiran a salir y aventurarnos. ¡Esperamos tenerte en los logs algún día! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
@@HamRadioDuo acabo de descubrir su canal 🤩, le sigo con mucho interés 👏🏻👏🏻, es fantástico lo que hacen juntos, les felicito 🤝 Muchas gracias amigos 🙌 73/72
Paddle is in the mail!! Can't wait to hear how you like it. Definitely light weight (1oz for the paddle and envelope) HiHi 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Thank you Lous! It was fun to build and even more fun to use. It's always amazing to get you in the logs, thanks for hunting us!! Hope you can get the materials you need. 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Were these printed in PLA or PETG ? PETG will add longevity to the part, and help in hot environments. Another soldering tip, not a critique. Tin your tip(add solder to the tip of your iron), it helps immensely with transferring heat from the tip to the part so you don't spend too much time touching the parts... like night an day. 73 VE3RIM
@@MadGoat Ian, thanks for the comment and hunting us! They were printed with petg. We had one printed with pla at our local library first. It worked fine at first but didn't hold up great. The ones printed with petg are definitely better! 73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY
Thanks! It was nice to get that first project done with something that I wasn't too worried about an expensive break if it didn't go as planned ... HiHi. 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
What is your favorite key?
Right now it is the Bama Key III.
Right now, Vibroplex blue racer bug. 🐛
@@KQ3Q we have never tried a bug 🐛
I'm glad to see you are wearing glasses for safety while soldering. I have a picture of a solder splatter on my glasses, so glad I was wearing them!
And I need the glasses to be able to see the tiny parts ... HiHi. It's a double win!
73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
It’s no joke. I was an electronics tech for years and I had hot flux hit my eye. Some smoothing surgery to the surface but at least glasses can be made now. Happened in a split second. I was wearing glasses but not safety glasses. Be careful .
@@techguy9023 wow! I’m sure that was scary! Glad you’re okay after. 73, Becky es Mike
Awesome video!! Thanks guys!!!!
Thank you! Those are great little inexpensive and easy to build paddles. We have several 😊 73, Becky es Mike
Thanks so much for making this video! I don't know how I missed it.
Hey Stu! It was a fun and pretty easy build and the paddles are great to take for POTA! 73, Becky es Mike
Nice build. I like it🎉
Thank you! It was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the next project! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Love the rotary phone ☎️ I have those paddles in white and light purple. So cute!
We have a pretty good collection of old stuff ... thanks to Michael, HiHi!! We both love these little paddles and they are a great way to get started on a paddle because of the low cost. 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Great build and I love your office!
Appreciate that! Michael seems to make FB of collecting old stuff :-)
73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Love the study/shack especially the typewriter and calculator. Great work with the keys and soldering.. I have the small one my friend printed for me.. My main shack key is a Begali Sculpture. Trust you have done the update firmware for the QMX with the CW filters. 73 Phil G0BVD
Thanks Phil, Michael loves old typewrites and the calculator/register was an antique find a few years ago! Maybe someday we will try a Begali key, but then I'm afraid we won't go back...HiHi!!! Also, we currently have the QCX mini, but our QMX is on order :-) 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Great key! I have the same soldering iron too 😂
@@hazer72 hihi we bought a rechargeable soldering iron, but this one heats up so much faster that we tend to use it. Thank you for watching!
73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY
@@HamRadioDuo if you think that one's fast, get a TS-101!
I worked as an electronic tech for a long time and the one good piece of advice I can give you is, when you're done soldering even for a few minutes, wipe your tip on the sponge then apply just a little flux-cored solder. Your tip won't oxidize and it will take solder easily the next time you need it (after a sponge wipe). I've had tips last for years and they always work well.
That's great advise! I'll give it a shot. 73 Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Good job Becky wish more diy ham antenna and gear
Thank you! We will definitely look into building more gear. I built the K6ARK EFHW and it actually worked! Not quite ready for a radio but maybe someday after a few other (less expensive) builds are successful :-) 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
@HamRadioDuo well soon as I get my pcb I will be mailing yall a care package
Great job on the build Becky! Love those K6ARK paddles. What a cool design!
Thank you! We really like them. Tiny and inexpensive, yet very functional to toss in a portable gear bag and go POTA! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Glad you put this video together. I have been wanting to make this paddle, and now it looks like a don't have any excuses.
HiHi, let us know how the build goes and what you think of the paddle. Good Luck! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Qué bonito!!! 👏🏻
73
¡Gracias!!! ¡Qué placer saber de ti! A ambos nos encanta ver tus videos, los cuales nos inspiran a salir y aventurarnos. ¡Esperamos tenerte en los logs algún día! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
@@HamRadioDuo acabo de descubrir su canal 🤩, le sigo con mucho interés 👏🏻👏🏻, es fantástico lo que hacen juntos, les felicito 🤝
Muchas gracias amigos 🙌
73/72
Thank you both. That will be a fun key to use. My favorite key for shack use is a Kent PR46BY but it's much too heavy for Sota/Pota. Jim/ND6P
Paddle is in the mail!! Can't wait to hear how you like it. Definitely light weight (1oz for the paddle and envelope) HiHi 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Great job Becky, now it is time to brake down the mower and rebuild it. Just joking. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Hi ... definitely not ready to tackle the lawn mower just yet but it was a good start! 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Hi Becky! very nice and comfortable for POTA activations. I'm going to see if I can get the materials here in Argentina. 72/73 Luis LU4HK
Thank you Lous! It was fun to build and even more fun to use. It's always amazing to get you in the logs, thanks for hunting us!! Hope you can get the materials you need. 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Were these printed in PLA or PETG ? PETG will add longevity to the part, and help in hot environments.
Another soldering tip, not a critique.
Tin your tip(add solder to the tip of your iron), it helps immensely with transferring heat from the tip to the part so you don't spend too much time touching the parts... like night an day.
73
VE3RIM
@@MadGoat Ian, thanks for the comment and hunting us!
They were printed with petg. We had one printed with pla at our local library first. It worked fine at first but didn't hold up great. The ones printed with petg are definitely better!
73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY
You can leave your spool of solder on the table and unroll a good amount to be able to reach your work. When done, just roll it back onto the spool.
Just getting started learning how to solder. Thanks for the tip. I definitely feel like I need more hands... HiHi 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
BRAVO 👏. GREAT JOB. DE "W2KX"
Thank you! It was a fun first build for me and I'm sure the first of many :-)
73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Thanks for your help Ke4hpq
Hope it helps! It was fun to build :-) 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
Nice project. 73 de G0EQE
Thanks! It was nice to get that first project done with something that I wasn't too worried about an expensive break if it didn't go as planned ... HiHi.
73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF