"Rick Tucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have read with interest all input in this thread. I am a life long cw man. I used a Drake C line as my primary station for over 12 years in the 70's and 80's. I bought it new and wish I had kept it. Now have a T4XC and R4A that I use regularly. The MFJ econo keyer (401 series) is a good one with the Curtis chip. It works fine with Drake gear. I also use an Accu-memory II keyer which I like. I use both Vibroplex Iambic and Standard paddles but do not use the iambic mode. To me, the Iambic paddles work just fine as standard paddles. I like the feel of all of them Also switch to Vibroplex Lightening Bug or Deluxe with very little trouble. Rick W0RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] An Introduction & a question about keyer for T-4XB
> > Steve Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I appreciate the information this thread has produced. I have forwarded > some of it to a friend who I recently gave an old Heath DX-20 that he is > going to pair with his R4C. Myself, I also do not like iambic keys. I > have two Vibrokeyers, one jeweled and one not, and I use them with an > MFJ keyer and a trusty Hallicrafters TO keyer. I prefer the > Hallicrafters unit, but warn people to be sure to replace all of the > capacitors in the unit. Those old Black Beauty tubulars were junk when > new, and they cause all sorts of problems in the keyer when they start > to leak. The electrolytics will blow out and take the power supply > components with them. Once these are replaced, the unit gives great > service. Then, there is my old Vibroplex Champion bug. That is another > keeper. I still have the only remaining part of my novice station which > is a Johnson Speed-x straight key, but rarely use it due to grad school > induced carpal tunnel problems. Much of my operating is done with CW. > Preferably with vacuum state equipment. > > Steve WA9JML > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
