We thought a fellow ham was going to buy the place, but it just didn't work
out. As a result, the station is back on the market at a reduced price. More
info can be found on QRZ.com and V31XX.com. Or drop me an email for more info.
Not interested? There is a substatial finder's fee for anyone
As a new Novice in 1958, a high school friend (not a ham) introduced me to an
older neighbor of his (also not a ham). The old guy lived in a two-story house,
a rarity in our Tucson neighborhood. The second story was just one big room
filled with keys, sounders, clocks, etc. IIRC, the guy had b
There were a few electronic key designs that surfaced in the '50s,
maybe even late '40s, usually appearing in QST. But then Jim Ricks
W9TO designed his TO Keyer which Halicrafters started manufacturing
and that pretty much ended the other designs such as the MON-KEY.
Vibroplex made a single lever
With a tear in my eye, I read memories of old telegraph keys.
Does anyone remember a electronic key designed on two triodes and two
stabilivolts (105 and 150 V).
This key was designed by W6DPU. Very popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
The VFOs commonly used in those years used a Colpitts and Clapp
