Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[Bill]

I use a VizBug these days. Love it - like a well made sewing machine. 
Quiet!!


Bill W2BLC K-Line


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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[kevinr]

The first electronics books I studied came from my dad's WWII foot 
locker.  He was a radioman on B17s, did a stint as a Marine Corps DI, 
then went to radar school in Ogden, Utah.  After that he went back to 
the Pacific Theater and was a radar/radioman for the rest of the war in 
B24s.  Each page of the radar manuals was marked with SECRET.  I thought 
it was kind of cool to be working with secrets even if they were 15 
years old at the time.  The stack of ARC-5s was useful for my studies.  
But since they were in such pristine condition I never could bring 
myself to cut a wire or do any soldering in them.  They were works of art.


    73,

    Kevin.  KD5ONS


On 03/06/2018 01:02 PM, Dave Sublette wrote:

When I was a teenager, 61 years ago, I saw a U.S. Navy manual with a photo
of a Mon-Key.  It was a WWII era manual.  At the top and botomof the pare
was printed "Confidential".  Evidently the keyer was important enough to
warrant being classified hardware.

I had a teen buddy who had one and we used it to work SS in 1958.

73,

Dave, K4TO

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Chuck Guenther  wrote:


I used a HA-1 keyer during the early 1960's.  However, it was not the
first successful commercial electronic keyer!

It was my third keyer.  My first keyer was the "Mon Key," which did not
have self-completing code elements, and my second was a Eldico, which was
self-completing.  Both these earlier keyers had built in paddles.

73,  Chuck  NI0C


On 3/03/2018, Kent Trimble wrote:

I did a Show-N-Tell with our club’s CW class last Saturday using my
46-year old Hallicrafters T.O. Keyer so they could operate the first
successful commercial electronic keyer, and to underscore how viable
vintage tube gear still can be."

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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[Augie "Gus" Hansen]

This is as good a time as any, I guess. I'm selling off items from the 
estate of my friend Marv, W0ZK. One of the items is a clean and 
functional T.O. Keyer, a.k.a., Hallicrafters Model HA-1. The package 
includes the octal control plug with the speaker jump installed. A 
printed copy of the Operating and Service Instructions is included (file 
available on line).


Asking $85 shipped to US (50) destinations. PayPal, USPS money order, or 
check (time to clear) accepted. Proceeds go to Marv's widow to offset 
funeral and related expenses.


Gus Hansen
KB0YH

On 3/6/2018 1:40 PM, Chuck Guenther wrote:
I used a HA-1 keyer during the early 1960's.  However, it was not the 
first successful commercial electronic keyer!


It was my third keyer.  My first keyer was the "Mon Key," which did 
not have self-completing code elements, and my second was a Eldico, 
which was self-completing.  Both these earlier keyers had built in 
paddles.


73,  Chuck  NI0C


On 3/03/2018, Kent Trimble wrote:

I did a Show-N-Tell with our club’s CW class last Saturday using my
46-year old Hallicrafters T.O. Keyer so they could operate the first
successful commercial electronic keyer, and to underscore how viable
vintage tube gear still can be."

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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[Carl Yaffey]

Still have a TO. It’s for sale.


> On Mar 6, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> I purchased a TO Keyer and a Vibroplex paddle from Allied Radio, in 1966. 
> What an advancement from a straight key! Both are long gone now - compliments 
> of Uncle Sam and too many moves.
> 
> Bill W2BLC K-Line
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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[Bill]

I purchased a TO Keyer and a Vibroplex paddle from Allied Radio, in 
1966. What an advancement from a straight key! Both are long gone now - 
compliments of Uncle Sam and too many moves.


Bill W2BLC K-Line

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Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)

[Dave Sublette]

When I was a teenager, 61 years ago, I saw a U.S. Navy manual with a photo
of a Mon-Key.  It was a WWII era manual.  At the top and botomof the pare
was printed "Confidential".  Evidently the keyer was important enough to
warrant being classified hardware.

I had a teen buddy who had one and we used it to work SS in 1958.

73,

Dave, K4TO

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Chuck Guenther  wrote:

> I used a HA-1 keyer during the early 1960's.  However, it was not the
> first successful commercial electronic keyer!
>
> It was my third keyer.  My first keyer was the "Mon Key," which did not
> have self-completing code elements, and my second was a Eldico, which was
> self-completing.  Both these earlier keyers had built in paddles.
>
> 73,  Chuck  NI0C
>
>
> On 3/03/2018, Kent Trimble wrote:
>
> I did a Show-N-Tell with our club’s CW class last Saturday using my
> 46-year old Hallicrafters T.O. Keyer so they could operate the first
> successful commercial electronic keyer, and to underscore how viable
> vintage tube gear still can be."
>
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