I also use a Palm Mini-Paddle, but recently had the cable connection at the back fail as Dave described in his email. No big deal to fix it: I just cut off the cable, cleaned up the pins on the connector and soldered it back together, covering the connection with heat shrink tubing. It seems as strong as the original, but it probably isn't a bad idea to order a spare cable set.
Here is a photo of my K1 with the KTS1 and the two keys I use with it: http://www.n2htt.net/K1/K1andKey.jpg The Palm Mini-Paddle is on the right. I mounted a piece of flat steel stock on a block of marble, and use the magnetic holder of the Mini-Paddle to stick it to the base - works great. The little key mounted on the K1 stand has an interesting story: The key was one I bought on eBay as part of a set of two Ukrainian made military keys. It came with a leg strap and the mounting plate you see in the photo. Just by happenstance I discovered that the position of the screw holes in the mounting plate exactly matched two of the holes in the KTS1, so with two 6-32 machine screws and nuts I had an instant built-in key. This key works pretty nicely as well. 73, Mike N2HTT _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com