{"id":43357,"date":"2020-05-17T07:10:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T11:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43357"},"modified":"2020-05-17T07:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T11:10:15","slug":"hamvention-special-begali-offers-free-shipping-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/hamvention-special-begali-offers-free-shipping-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamvention Special: Begali offers free shipping to US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Begali Simplex paddles have served me so well and perform flawlessly.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you planned to pick up a Begali key at Hamvention this year, you’re in luck.<\/p>\n

I just found out through SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Grayhat, that in honor of Hamvention, Begali is offering free shipping to the US and 50% off shipping to the rest of the world. This promotion ends tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Since Begali keys are heavy by design, this is a great deal on shipping!<\/p>\n

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The Begali family not only makes the best keys, but they are amazing friends to so many in the radio community.<\/p><\/div>\n

I purchased my Begali Simplex paddles, pictured the top of this post, at the 2008 Hamvention. I absolutely love them. While they’re one of the least expensive hand-crafted precision keys in the Begali line-up, I think you would find they perform better than any other paddles on the market anywhere close to this price point. I never miss a visit to the Begali booth to try out all of Piero’s latest designs. Begali is always one of the busiest vendors at Hamvention.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out the full line of Begali keys.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you planned to pick up a Begali key at Hamvention this year, you’re in luck. I just found out through SWLing Post contributor, Grayhat, that in honor of Hamvention, Begali is offering free shipping to the US and 50% off shipping to the rest of the world. This promotion ends tomorrow. Since Begali keys […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[8518,90,1150],"class_list":["post-43357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-begali","tag-cw","tag-hamvention"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bhj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42345,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/hamvention-2020-has-been-cancelled\/","url_meta":{"origin":43357,"position":0},"title":"Hamvention 2020 has been cancelled","author":"Thomas","date":"March 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Gulley, who shares the following announcement from the 2020 Hamvention Chairman: The Hamvention Executive Committee has been monitoring the COVID19 pandemic. 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