I was told that all the compounds produced when silver is tarnished are conductive. So, when I built a single-lever paddle, I used two short pieced of silver wire, obtained from a jeweler friend, at right angles for the contacts. I haven't had any contact problems with that paddle.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 7/12/21 at 3:35 PM, wes_n...@triconet.org (Wes) wrote:

On 7/12/2021 11:47 AM, Paul Dluehosh wrote:
...They may look ugly with a black patina, but that may be because they have real silver plating.

That's what TARN-X is for.

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