Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-25 Thread Rich McCabe
going to send it back. Not sure what I think about a "cable" that requires a watch battery :) 73, Rich kd0zv - Original Message - From: "Paul Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2 Vic

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-25 Thread Paul Heller
Vic K2VCO wrote: keyers in my Elecraft K2 and TS850s. This problem can be described as an intermittent 'misfire', in which there is a delay before dot or dash generation starts after the contacts are closed. Aha (a light goes on ...). I've had a Begali Signature for about a year, and from ti

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-21 Thread Rich McCabe
Well looks like I dont have anything to worry about according to Begali. Rich, your key have a gold contacts and didn't the bounces phenomena. I am sure that with this contacts you having a good work,same at all others keys with gold contacts and MicroHam keyer. thanks & 73,Piero

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Fred Jensen
ROBERT CARROLL wrote: Is it true that the Pro III does not support Curtis Mode B? I have heard 90% of cw devotees use Mode B! Bob W2WG Hmmm ... 10% of the male population is left-handed, 10% of the general population can sleep at-will, 10% of the male population has moderate to severe colo

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Rich McCabe
Monday, March 20, 2006 6:26 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Begali and K2 Is it true that the Pro III does not support Curtis Mode B? I have heard 90% of cw devotees use Mode B! Bob W2WG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich McCabe Sent: M

RE: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread ROBERT CARROLL
: [Elecraft] Begali and K2 Thanks Vic, Thats great info although most of it over my head :) The dilema I have now is I was considering ordering the new MicroHam USB keyer. It sounds like this might not be a good solution right now. To make things worse, I really am a novice at CW. I never have

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Rich McCabe
kd0zv - Original Message - From: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich McCabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2 Rich McCabe wrote: I just bought a new Begali Signature to go with

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Vic K2VCO
Rich McCabe wrote: I just bought a new Begali Signature to go with my K2/100. I was thinking about buying a MicroHam/K1EL USB CW keyer to work with my Pro III so I can run mode B. I just ran into this article about a debouncer and the Begali keys. http://www.microham-usa.com/Products/Begali

RE: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Dan Barker
I kept hoping someone who knew would jump in here, but nobody has. So, I'll do it. The K2 doesn't use the same pin for dit and dah. That's how A-DET works, on separate pins. The K1 does use the dual-voltage scheme, and I have no idea about the Kixie. However, the K2 will not care one whit. Dan /

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Rich McCabe
. Did your replacement include new arms and adjusting screws? 73, Rich - Original Message - From: "David F. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich McCabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mar 20, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Rich McCabe wrote: I just bought a new Begali Signature to go with my K2/100. I was thinking about buying a MicroHam/K1EL USB CW keyer to work with my Pro III so I can run mode B. I just ran into this article about a debouncer and the Begali keys. http://ww

Re: [Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread David F. Reed
Rich, my solution was to order the silver contact replacement set from Begali instead, for the sake of simplicity. It took a while for the parts to arrive, but they installed very easily, and work great. The theory is correct as far as my experience goes. However, I am an amateur, not a pro,

[Elecraft] Begali and K2

2006-03-20 Thread Rich McCabe
I just bought a new Begali Signature to go with my K2/100. I was thinking about buying a MicroHam/K1EL USB CW keyer to work with my Pro III so I can run mode B. I just ran into this article about a debouncer and the Begali keys. http://www.microham-usa.com/Products/Begali.html This seems p