On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:59:22 -0500, Eddy Swynar wrote: >To-day I just discovered something that is specific to the old EICO Model 717 >electronic keyer---but it just *could* be applicable to any other gear in your >possession that utilizes a field coil / reed relay to accomplish rapid circuit >switching...
Thanks, Eddy! I acquired a 717 in GV condition a couple of years ago because the price was right, and becuase that's the keyer that my Elmer had in his all-Swan station back in 1975. To the newly-minted teenage Novice, that was just the coolest thing ever! I finally got a round tuit a couple of weeks ago and set it up in the shack. Did your 1/4" measurement include the wire terminal on the end, or just the glass body of the reed? Interestingly, I touched base with my Elmer around 10 or so years later, after I had acquired my TR-7. He had retired the Swan gear and replaced it with - guess what? A TR-7! I don't know if he still used that 717 with it. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
