[Amps] RE : QSK

[hermans]

The " Fast idiots " ( computers ) period we have to live with Colin....
Have fun OB
Jos on4kj 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] De
la part de Colin Lamb
Envoyé : jeudi 23 février 2006 19:43
À : Joe Isabella; Amps
Objet : Re: [Amps] QSK


I first went QSK by moving the porcelain knife switch off the wall and
down onto the operating desk.  That switched the antenna.  A foot switch
changed the receiver from on to standby and the transmitter was always
on, waiting to be keyed.  ARC-5 receiver and 6AQ5 sandwich box
transmitter.  

Then I realized that the ARC-5 receiver worked just as well with a 10
foot piece of wire and my knife switch sat unused and moved it back onto
the wall.  

The next big improvement was an electronic keyer - the W9TO design using
4 or 6 12AU7s built into an old ARC-5 transmitter case and an old
sterling silver knife blade that did not match my mom's set, with a knob
on the end taken from an old Atwater Kent.

The beauty about the home brew keyer and knife blade paddle was that I
had an excuse for the lousy cw.  Now I have expensive keyers, big
antennas, expensive rigs and high power amplifiers and QSK and I still
have a lousy fist - with nothing to blame it on except old age.  Getting
so that I use that more and more as an excuse and few people really
question it.  In truth, it never was very good and most of my friends
just do not remember.

73,  Colin  K7FM  
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