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Bencher BY-1 Iambic Key
Bencher BY-1 Iambic Key
If I remember right I purchased my Bencher BY-1 in late 1977 or early 1978. I have made tens of thousands of contacts with it. It has gone through 7 moves and is still in good shape except for a few kinks in the spring. But I will probably order a new spring for it from Scott Robbins, W4PA, up at Vibroplex. I have taken it to Europe, Africa, and other places over the years and it still is a very useful key. Right now I use it on my Icom 756 Pro III.
The underside of the BY-1 has 3 female and male disconnect terminals for ground and each of the DIT and DAH connections. HF transceivers equipped with either a 3.5mm (1/8") or 1/4" KEY input jack can be hooked right up with the EZ-1 kit. The EZ-1 has a 3 wire cable with the correct female terminals on one end for the BY-1 and BY-2, on the other end a 3.5mm connector with a 1/4" adapter included. No soldering. Plug the terminals onto the bottom of the key, plug the other end into the KEY jack on your HF rig.
Features:
- Set spring tensioning, no adjustments to make other than desired contact spacing
- Light touch for sending clean code
- Powdercoated cold rolled steel base
- Weight 3 lbs.
- Adjustment wrench held on under the base with tool holder
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