10 March 2008 | admin Initially, I was looking for a small iambic paddle for CW operation in portable and also in mobile (well, not while driving !). I finally found what seemed to be, at least from my point of view, the ideal paddle on G4ZPY web site: the « Miniature 3 in 1 iambic twin paddle key ». This paddle seemed perfect in size, looked particularly nice and had excellent reviews from various users on the net. I immediatelly contacted Gordon, G4ZPY, to ordered one, and I started to wait. I knew it would take quite a long time because Gordon was quite busy and had some health issues. After a long time, I simply thought that I would never get it, so I decided to make one iambic twin paddle myselfand I choose to design it close to G4ZPY model. However, to make it easier to built, I slightly increased the size by a factor 1.2, mainly to adapt to the metric system bolts I planned to use. It took me about two months to build it from scratch. In the end, I was quite happy with the result not only because it was looking not so bad, but also because it was working much better than my HiMoud iambic twin paddle key. I would even say it works almost as good as my Bencher (I said almost !). From that day, I started using it quite regularly in portable operation and sometimes in mobile (the magnetic base allows to put in on a metal knee attachmentof an old J-45 straight key). … but the story does not end here … One year and a half latter, the postman knocked at the door and had a parcel for me. Quite strange, I was not remembering ordering something recently. The size of the parcel and the fact that it was coming from UK rang an old bell in my mind but I was not really believing it. I opened the box … and I discovered my Miniature 3 in 1 iambic twin paddle key with my call sign engraved on it ! My greatefull thanks again to Gordon for this very nice job. Just for comparison, here are few pictures of this « 3 in 1″ paddle. The Bencher gives some idea about the size of this tiny paddle. However, the pleasure it provides when using it is inversely proportional to its size !