Lego Morse Code Paddle

[RonOverdrive]

construction plans? :P

[bd0ah]

GOOD JOB! 73!

[dx1450]

That is awesome. Do the switches come in Legos, or is it something that was improvised?

[eogg25]

cool

[magrum21]

Love this. Just emailed Hugo to get the plans. My 6 year old will love this as well. I'm teaching him Morse Code.

[SergeandKatia73]

Great vid , thanks,

73!

W5ZZ



[florian1160]

kljk

[iw3ilm]

I built one like it by following the instructions of Hugo. Funny. 73 de IW3ILM.

[WildWeaselNJ]

"Normally considered to be a precision instrument..." Well, a paddle connected to a keyer isn't really a precision instrument. The keyer is doing all the timing, the paddles are just selecting short or long signals. Even in a straight key, the precision is in the spring tension and contact points, not the material around them. But it is cute to see someone putting Lego's to such use.

[EATcp]

hell thats difficult but it works after 2 times hearing it. I just finished my basic training in the german navy where I was also trained to read light morse at 8 wpm and it really is quite different.

[rastreador27]

cq cq cq de m0hsw k

73 de py3ibz

[rastreador27]

cq cq cq de m0hsw k

73 de py3ibz

[epituchano]

Iambic as well! Quite nice!

[Kodemaster]

Very creative use of LEGOs! 73 Jeni

[G0IFI]

Hugo, that's great, just goes to show how much fun CW can be! VY 73 de Perry G0IFI

[viniciuslegal]

what is 73???

[umpalumpa101909]

@viniciuslegal best reguards

[gjamison72]

Please post instructions on how to build this! :-)

[plasmasoro]

whata hell he said there? Oo

[RockyGNR]

73 yo8slc

[pisley]

Il video non e' quello che sentite!!!!!!!

[SirPayne]

Pretty cool.

[ds5evu]

so cool

[indieboy26]

Truly iambic. Bravo!!

[umpalumpa101909]

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[WA5MUF]

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73, WA5MUF

[tonijn1969]

very cool

73's PA10403 Gerard (SWL)

[MichaelFaraday1]

wow howd ya do that?

[hems08]

73 m0hem

[socommaster7]

7 3,

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[DeerHunting2008]

very good creativity man

[ivahoe12345]

what is he/she messeging?

[zanywells]

cq cq cq de m0hsw k

(at different speeds). This is a conventional way to call for any remote station to respond. M0HSW is Hugo's callsign.

[ivahoe12345]

thank you!

[OZ9AO]

Nice to experience the creativity my national and favorite toy can bring to the ham community. HI!

Bright idea!

73 de Erik

[KB1KOI]

very cool.

Now for the cellphone to implement in their text messaging

[9A5MT]

Very nice!

73, 9A5MT

[gamma526]

73, 9a5mt ?

[2E0BNC]

2E0BNC.

Gr8 idea !

73

[gamma526]

2E0BNC? please respond

[lu1dz]

Well done...!!!

This a very good example of experimentation and Yambic keying

Congratulations

[rogertangodotcom]

Klack Klack goes the Lego key but hey, its a 10 on the cool factor! Nicely done and it seams to key well too!

73-

[reyesito79]

good idea

[m0gmt]

Very nice!

The keying is very good.

Danny. M0GMT.

[sm4wit]

599 73 de sm4wit

[RN3AOH]

I would really love to see the complete building instructions for that, I need a paddle and that would do me nicely while I save up for a more permanent one. :)

[zanywells]

Hi RN3AOH. Contact Hugo - he's done all the instructions you'll need! M0HSW is QTHR on qrz

[katydid1030]

Very nice!

[lymphectomy]

Very cool!!!!

[KB1OJU]

thats frackin mint!!!!!! what a totally cool idea

73's to all

[rdeblock]

it says "cq cq cq de m0hws k", 3 times

[rdeblock]

DOH! typo, the callsign is m0hsw

[sneak02]

what does it say?

[Macintoshse]

NICE!

[qlet]

Wow! That is great! You should submit that to QST Magazine, they always pick up stuff like that.