What's wrong with this picture?

[N6NQZ]

This is a Llaves Telegraficas Artenasas (LTA) key. I purchased it a couple years ago and just decided to put it in operation. The inscriptions are WiMo and 0022. Gold plated brass. Any sharp of eye key afficionados out there?

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[N6NQZ]

By the way, the owner/designer of LTA SK'd a while back and all of the LTA keys in stock were sold. Not in business any longer to the best of my knowledge but the site is still up for posterity sake.

[WA7KKP]

Looks like the dot and dash connection screws are countersunk . . . would that make it virtually impossible to attach wires . . . ????

Gary WA7KKP

[N2ADV]

What's wrong with that pic is that it wasn't taken on my desk.

[N6NQZ]

BINGO! Give that man a cigar! Not only are they counter sunk, they are not well insulated. It could be wired to the post in front but would be an absolute mess of wiring in the way of everything. There are normally three post on this type of key to attatch the wiring. Anyone want a paper weight?

[WB2WIK]

Even if you could easily connect wires, the paddles are too far apart for my taste.

I like them very closely spaced so squeeze keying involves zero wrist movement and just two fingers that hardly move.

Looks like a key designed by someone who never actually used one.

[WN9HJW]

It looks like the machining of the key just wasn't finished. Compare it to photos on MorseX.com. There are supposed to be attachment posts on the back of the key either side of the spring.

[WA4BRL]

Apparently you're supposed to appreciate it as a work of art rather than for any utility. Not to worry, it's bound to be a valuable piece of collector's art now.

[KC9UDX]

Wouldn't washers solve the c'sink problem?

[AD8T]

I have a miniature SK by the same company and it has tiny little insulated nibs on the bottom to solder to. Tricky. http://www.mtechnologies.com/xmas/xmas06.htm