参考一下bencher对自动键的理解,或许对制作有好处,个人目前还在学习cw,出于爱好,试着意译几个小段,错讹之处请cw大佬拍砖一笑:
1、what makes the ideal paddle? 怎样才是理想的双桨自动键
what makes the ideal paddle? a paddle that is perfectly responsive, light to the touch, a paddle your fingers float over and become as one. a perfect paddle is one that the operator forgets as his/her thoughts reach out, flawlessly and smoothly translated into perfect cw. a paddle with definitive yet subtle tactile feedback, friction free return, and perfect closure on every dot and dash.
怎样才是理想的自动键? 她要使用起来反应灵敏,触感轻快,浆片、键体和手指浑然一体,操作者全然忘记键的存在,能够直舒胸臆为平滑无差、近乎完美的cw信号。有超卓的性能,亦回弹力适中,有极敏感的触觉回馈,完美完成每一个“嘀”和“哒”。
以上节自:
http://www.bencher.com/radioequip.html2、contact points(触点):关于材料
a、like the by series paddles, the hex paddle uses gold plated silver contacts,...
和by系列自动键一样,hex自动键使用银镀金触点,...
b、contact points: gold plated solid silver 触点:银镀金
以上a节自:
http://www.bencher.com/whichpaddle.html以上b节自:
http://www.bencher.com/hex-paddle.htm3、材料和价格:bencher美元报价
http://www.bencher.com/pricing1.htmlthe famous mercury paddle, is a piece of art rendered in metal. gleaming hand polished components chrome plated to a shining luster make the mercury paddle a real statement of the fortunate owner’s love of cw and amateur radio. these paddles use the best of everything – rhodium contact surfaces, hand polished finger pads, leaded brass base. like the hex paddle, the mercury is able to take whatever the operator will give it and deliver silky smooth morse in return.
making such a paddle as the mercury requires many hours of hand labor, so that the inevitable result is a product not priced for every budget. but for the amateur dedicated to the hobby and who has the means, there is nothing like it.
著名的mercury自动键,是一件以金属表现的艺术品。手工抛光镀镉表面闪烁着华丽的光泽,真实传递出主人对cw和业余电台的热爱。这款自动键在每一处细节上都极尽奢华:铑接触面,手工抛光指垫,重载黄铜基座。象hex自动键一样,mercy能恰当地理解操作者的控制,产生丝一般平滑和流动的莫尔斯电码。
mercury这样的自动键需要很长时间的手工制作,不可避免地造成她的价格偏高,所以并不适合每一个购买者的预算。但是对于专注于这个爱好并希望拥有她的火腿来说,的确不可取代物有所值。
以上节自:
http://www.bencher.com/whichpaddle.html个人觉得这样的产品,正如楼主所言,手工极为费时费力。产品的性质和定位决定了不可能大量生产,只可能是限量的版本,所以原材料的成本只能是构成产品最终价格较少的组成,还需考虑要能支持原作者的创作热情和可持续发展,因此定价不宜过低。
另外,要做一款好的自动键,是否还应附上精致顺手的调整小工具、精美的使用保养说明、便于携带能对自动键提供妥帖保护的海绵或泡沫塑料以及毒死eyeball的外包装。这些费用也要考虑进去。
所以想拥有楼主这款产品者宜重估自己对cw的热爱程度和对价格的期望值,盲目地追求低价,可能会导致产品开发的缺陷甚至失败,因而是对产品的伤害。
楼主费心!向楼主致敬!不像塑料易老化,适当注意保存环境,金属材料非常耐久,做得好的确会流传后世,滋养一代又一代cw op。
附:本站站长两年前就拥有的bencher paddle by-2(上) 和 hex(中),最下面是国内目前似乎还不多见的mercury。hex和mercury都以磁石取代了by-2中的弹簧。
详见:
http://www.hellocq.net/forum/showthread.php?t=115646&page=1&pp=30&highlight=bencher