AFAIK, at the time I was looking, they were out of business. I know that Ham
Supply bought the product line. Now owning a K-Pod that finally works, I have
less need for the memories in the Idiom unit, although the hand keying issue
remains. I was trying to downsize and really don't want another box on the desk.
Wes N7WS
On 5/21/2017 6:44 PM, Kevin - K4VD wrote:
Is Idiom Press out of business? I thought they just changed their name:
https://www.hamsupply.com. Hamsupply.com has the Logikey K-5 Electronic Keyer
<https://www.hamsupply.com/logikey-k-5-keyer/> with Accukeyer emulation. I use
one - not so much any more - but still have it anyway. Wonderful keyer. Not
sure if this is the one you're referring to though.
73,
Kev K4VD
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm approaching my 60th year in ham radio and have a confession; I learned
Morse with my Boy Scout Handbook (still have it) by sight not sound.
Consequently, I've never been a very good CW op, although I have a 20 WPM
Extra license. As a Novice I used a Western Electric "Pole-Changer"
straight key given to me by a non-ham retired telegrapher friend, (That's
still on the operating desk). I never even tried a bug, but when I built
my first Accu-Keyer I finally had some help. I used it with a number of
rigs and when the Accu-Memory came out I was in heaven.
I build two of them at first and gave one to my friend George Badger,
W6TC, who liked it too. Then I built a third one for the heart of my
meteor scatter/EME station. With several handfulls of TTL logic I added a
timer/sequencer that used the power line as a time base to automatically
control the station on the various sequences used for MS and EME. Preamp
switching/relay delay, TX delay, etc were all timed by the keyer and the
"canned" messages were in memory. All I had to do was listen and select
the next message as the QSO progressed. (That one is still in my storage
building too.)
Among its wonderful ergonomics the TS870 that I had before buying a K3 was
an Accu-Keyer emulation. I never had trouble sending CW with that rig.
Enter the K3 (and now a K3S). I can't even send my call gracefully. I
was prepared to buy the Idiom Press unit when they went out of business.
I would love Accu-Keyer emulation in my K3s.
Wes N7WS
On 5/15/2017 12:57 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
This is one of the things that has always bugged me about internal rig
keyers (Elecraft included). And as as result, I’ve almost never used
them. I’ve been using an Accu-Keyer (or emulator) for so long that
nothing else is comfortable.
I moved from my original home brewed Accu-Keyer (which I still have,
refuse to part with, and occasionally use) to the enhanced
Accu-Memory version, to an MM-3 (with emulation — and still one of the
best stand-alone keyers ever made) to the Idiom Press CMOS 4 (with
emulation) because of its small form factor.
It seems that something as basic as Accu-Keyer timing with
auto-character (and even auto-word) space isn’t exactly “rocket
science”. So how about it Elecraft? Accu-Keyer emulation would make
a better than run-of-the-mill update!! For the K3, KX3, KX2. And I
wouldn’t have to carry the CMOS 4 in my KX3 bag or fiddle with more
cables on the table with the K3. I’m probably not alone here, given
the popularity of the Accu-Keyer. I can send better CW with a bug
than I can with paddles and an electronic keyer that lacks ACS. Maybe
it’s my (old) age or just practice ... :-)
But - it didn't have auto character spacing which came out with
the WB4VVF
Accu-Keyer (hint-hint - so it's not OT after all).
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
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