As warmly reviewed by Thomas, K4SWL I'm delighted to offer Ralf, DB4REB's paddles. These are produced by Ralf in small batches so any I have will undoubtedly sell out quickly. When they do I'll turn o...

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by Thomas (K4SWL) I will be spending much of the summer in the United Kingdom, and I plan to be quite active with portable radio. If all goes according to plan, you'll hear me using the following callsigns: England: M5SWL Scotland: MM5SWL Wales (hopefully!): MW5SWL If you'd like to put me in the logs, please consider adding those callsigns to your HamAlert notifications.

My gratitude to Mike Lauth (LX1ML) for sharing the following sad news: Hello Tom, Just want to give you the information that DL6YYM, Markus Baseler is Silent Key. He is the maker of the famous high-quality BaMaTech TP II and TP III CW keys used by numerous CW operators worldwide. He was also an active QRP/POTA  operator. On his QRZ.com page he announced for August a QRP activity from Greenland.

The radio silence this year has been mirrored by actual radio silence.

A few weeks ago, Neil (G7UFO) reached out to let me know that he has started producing and selling 3D-printed magnetic cases for the BaMaKey TP-III. He generously sent me one to check out, and I have to say—it’s a great option if you’re looking for a simple way to protect your TP-III when tossing it into your field pack.