This weekend is the European #hamradio #fieldday and before heading out tomorrow, I’m preparing all my gear.

That also means cleaning and adjusting my #cw #morse keyers, amongst them, this beauty which has served me well for likely 28 years and continues to do so

I’m measuring the paddle pressure with a #dynamometer, a surprisingly expensive little instrument, but well worth the purchase: the balance between dashes and dots becomes absolutely perfect

I actually prefer somewhere between 20 and 30 gram, but these old #HI-MOUND are difficult to get below 35. The springs are getting old I guess

Listen for me tomorrow and Sunday, I’ll be operating as OZ2EDR/P