Hi, Russ, --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> FSK - one of the old fashioned ways - was using a keyer that would switch in/out capacitance to the TX oscillator. > A good example of this is the Irv Hoff, W6FFC, mainline FSK keyer from the late 1960s. It's simple and the components are still available. Cost is about $20 for the RF choke, variable cap, diode. etc. Ooooh, pleasantly easy. I like pleasantly easy. > I have the specifics in my collection of RTTY Journals from 1967. I don't suppose scanning the article(s) would be possible, would it. <G> > I'm using this keyer today in my Collins T-440/FRT-24 and have worked over 150 countries in the past 18 months so it does supply a nice clean signal. This is impressive. While I tend to be more a chewer of rags than anything else, this bodes well for that keyer. Best regards, Michael, K3MXO Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
