Is Idiom Press out of business? I thought they just changed their name: https://www.hamsupply.com. Hamsupply.com has the Logikey K-5 Electronic Keyer <https://www.hamsupply.com/logikey-k-5-keyer/> with Accukeyer emulation. I use one - not so much any more - but still have it anyway. Wonderful keyer. Not sure if this is the one you're referring to though.
73, Kev K4VD On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > I'm approaching my 60th year in ham radio and have a confession; I learned > Morse with my Boy Scout Handbook (still have it) by sight not sound. > Consequently, I've never been a very good CW op, although I have a 20 WPM > Extra license. As a Novice I used a Western Electric "Pole-Changer" > straight key given to me by a non-ham retired telegrapher friend, (That's > still on the operating desk). I never even tried a bug, but when I built > my first Accu-Keyer I finally had some help. I used it with a number of > rigs and when the Accu-Memory came out I was in heaven. > > I build two of them at first and gave one to my friend George Badger, > W6TC, who liked it too. Then I built a third one for the heart of my > meteor scatter/EME station. With several handfulls of TTL logic I added a > timer/sequencer that used the power line as a time base to automatically > control the station on the various sequences used for MS and EME. Preamp > switching/relay delay, TX delay, etc were all timed by the keyer and the > "canned" messages were in memory. All I had to do was listen and select > the next message as the QSO progressed. (That one is still in my storage > building too.) > > Among its wonderful ergonomics the TS870 that I had before buying a K3 was > an Accu-Keyer emulation. I never had trouble sending CW with that rig. > Enter the K3 (and now a K3S). I can't even send my call gracefully. I was > prepared to buy the Idiom Press unit when they went out of business. > > I would love Accu-Keyer emulation in my K3s. > > Wes N7WS > > On 5/15/2017 12:57 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote: > >> This is one of the things that has always bugged me about internal rig >> keyers (Elecraft included). And as as result, I’ve almost never used >> them. I’ve been using an Accu-Keyer (or emulator) for so long that nothing >> else is comfortable. >> >> I moved from my original home brewed Accu-Keyer (which I still have, >> refuse to part with, and occasionally use) to the enhanced Accu-Memory >> version, to an MM-3 (with emulation — and still one of the best stand-alone >> keyers ever made) to the Idiom Press CMOS 4 (with emulation) because of its >> small form factor. >> >> It seems that something as basic as Accu-Keyer timing with auto-character >> (and even auto-word) space isn’t exactly “rocket science”. So how about it >> Elecraft? Accu-Keyer emulation would make a better than run-of-the-mill >> update!! For the K3, KX3, KX2. And I wouldn’t have to carry the CMOS 4 in >> my KX3 bag or fiddle with more cables on the table with the K3. I’m >> probably not alone here, given the popularity of the Accu-Keyer. I can >> send better CW with a bug than I can with paddles and an electronic keyer >> that lacks ACS. Maybe it’s my (old) age or just practice ... :-) >> >> But - it didn't have auto character spacing which came out with the WB4VVF >>> Accu-Keyer (hint-hint - so it's not OT after all). >>> >>> Grant NQ5T >> K3 #2091, KX3 #8342 >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ke...@k4vd.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
