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Isabella�s (Izzy) key was made due to her enjoying sitting on my lap while I am working the nets and other CW contacts. Izzy was very little when I began taking her with me to the shack and now she needs her own chair. Izzy began watching me work the key and then she wanted to touch the key. I have always looked at her curiosity as willingness and desire to learn instead of meddling. I had seen and made several keys out of close pins and paper clips, but I wanted to make her one out of something that was a little more child friendly. So I got an idea, we snuck into the kitchen and got one of Na Na�s Tupperware bowls and drilled a hole in the bottom of it big enough to put a momentary switch. Then we ran the wire putting the switch in line with the negative terminal from our 9 volt battery to the switch, then to a variable volt buzzer. Then ran the positive lead from the positive battery terminal to the buzzer. Taped it all down with daddy�s sticky tape. And put the bottom on the bowl. The knob is for beginners. It is a drawer knob with the hole drilled out to fit the momentary switch to make the key easier for little kids. ...73 de Mike and Izzy |