[TenTec] 1.370 software

[ac5e at comcast.net]

Lee, it depends on where I am. Most of the time I either use the Vibroplex Brass Racer that's plugged straight into the Orion or hit an F key on the  computer keyboard and let the logging program drop my call or send an exchange. Yeah, that's cheating but I can send and log at the same time. 

Or I can shift right and use the Begali that's plugged into the MFJ 493 memory keyer, or hit an F key and let the keyer send any of ten canned messages. But I can't log and use the Begali - or that keyboard. Martin Jue says the '493 will send up to 100 WPM. I don't know about that because I sure's blazes can't copy that fast! 

At my office, the Jupiter has my AEA Morse Machine set up with four/five memories and no keyboard. Hand logging only, and a Kent single paddle or a Vibroplex Vibrokeyer. Depending on my humor at the time. My secretary wonders why I have a 24 hour clock set five hours ahead of local on my office wall - but she don't ask no questions or repeat what she hears. Which makes her worth her considerable weight in gold!

But if I were starting from strictly scratch, I think I would use a Begali into the rig plus a parallel port keying adapter and let the computer do the routine work. There may be a better key than a Begali, but I haven't found it yet. 

73  Pete 
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Never squat with your spurs on