Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

And with the last good posting, let's close the thread. (I would have closed it earlier, except we were working 18hr days at Dayton.) Also, for everyone else, complaining about other vendors is a huge violation of Elecraft list policy. Please make those complaints elsewhere. Its too afar from o

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

Folks, I saw this topic now includes Idiom Press and am compelled to add to the discussion. I'll keep it short. Idiom Press was a set of words that made my blood boil. I had sent them money, a small amount of cash for a rotor LED illuminator. I had sent cash because I have only been burned

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

AFAIK, at the time I was looking, they were out of business. I know that Ham Supply bought the product line. Now owning a K-Pod that finally works, I have less need for the memories in the Idiom unit, although the hand keying issue remains. I was trying to downsize and really don't want anothe

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

6:05 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1 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

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

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 with Accukeyer emulation. I use one - not so much any more - but still have it anyway. Wonderful keyer

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

Theoretically, you can still buy the CMOS 4 and other Idiom Press products from these guys: https://www.hamsupply.com/cmos-4-keyer/ > I would love Accu-Keyer emulation in my K3s. So would I. In the K3 and KX3 (and KX2 since I’m thinking about purchas

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

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

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1 with O/T comments

, who presented a paper at Dayton a couple of years ago. Russ KD4JO -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Person Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 10:15 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1 with O/T

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1 with O/T comments

You are very mistaken in your statement regarding kids not building things. They're not building ham radio, that's for sure. But find any maker faire and you will be stunned by the age and ability of the kids demonstrating their projects. Maker Faires (Their preferred spelling it seems) woul

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

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

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

I also copied the Hallicrafters HA-1 schematic when I was 15. I loved the glow of those voltage regulator tubes and the neon bulb on the front panel. And that mercury-wetted relay was beautiful. But - it didn't have auto character spacing which came out with the WB4VVF Accu-Keyer (hint-hint - so i

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

There's a whole club in the Northern NJ area that supports ham radio and Maker stuff - the 723rd Mechanized Contest Battalion . Pretty amazing stuff these kids are doing. I'm dipping my toes in mesh networking with this group, given that my QTH is basically LOS for most of the L

Re: [Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

No kids build hardware!? Have you heard of the maker movement? Find a Maker Faire near you and see what kids are building. http://makerfaire.com/bay-area/ wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On May 15, 2017, at 10:27

[Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

Guys: Thanks!!! I appreciate all the responses. I guess my Googling ability is not as good as it used to be. I swear I couldn't find the schematic. At age 15 and after building many Heathkits - I decided to just copy the HA-1 schematic. It was good experience for a kid - nowadays nobody (no kids