Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
I use a VizBug these days. Love it - like a well made sewing machine. Quiet!! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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." __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@arrl.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to kev...@coho.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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." __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to augie.han...@comcast.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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 > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to cyaf...@gmail.com Carl Yaffey K8NU Recording studio. cyaffeyno_s...@gmail.com 614 268 6353, Columbus OH http://www.carl-yaffey.com http://www.grassahol.com http://www.bluesswing.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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." > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k...@arrl.net __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Old Keyers (was: FT 8)
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." __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com