[Amps] Question about GS-35b efficiency

[Jeff Blaine AC0C]

Yes, K0RU (a psycho high-speed CW op) and I were standing there looking at 
it.  I'd not seen a contempary Alpha and wanted to see "how the big boys do 
it."  While we were standing there, wondering why the power meter managed to 
jump around instead of hanging in there solid, noticed that the straight key 
with brick was wired into a little stand-alone keyer module sitting off and 
behind.  Little volume control there.  Turn up the volume, and dit dit 
dit...

Alpha's of now are not built like your father's 87a...

73/jeff/ac0c


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From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:32 PM
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Question about GS-35b efficiency

> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:46:12 -0600, "Jeff Blaine AC0C"
> <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>By contrast, at the Alpha booth, they had a 9500 with the brick on the 
>>key -
>>turns out the key was running a keyer with high speed dits going out - so
>>that "key down, no time limit" really must mean "50% duty cycle, key down,
>>no time limit."
>
> REPLY:
>
> Are you serious? If so, I am appalled!!!!
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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