In a message dated 12/15/06 10:57:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Wonder if the prices of paddles and keys will now escalate? Probably. > > How soon will it be before we see rigs that have no provision to use CW? > Where ya been for the past 40 years? Way back in the early 1960s, there were SSB rigs like the SBE-33 and SBE-34, the Heath HW-12/22/32, and the WRL "Duo-Bander" that were SSB only. And that's just the ones I remember without looking it up. In those days and years afterward most amateur HF transceivers had CW as an afterthought. No sharp filter, nor provision for one. No RIT, no way to turn off the AGC, no built-in keyer, sometimes not even a sidetone. Those things were only added as rigs became more complex, and sharp filters are still almost always an extra-cost add-on. One of the reasons I bought a K2 was that it was a serious rig designed as a CW transceiver with SSB as an add-on, not the other way around. 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
