First licensed in 1964 - novice, only CW with a J-38.. I lusted for the Hallicrafters ha-1 TO keyer but it was beyond my budget as a youth. But in 1968 my friend Paul and I designed and built one of the first electronic keyers using RTL logic- flip flops and gates. It had “dot & dash memory” but was not Iambic… I loved that keyer and used it for many years. Alas, RTL was very short lived, soon replaced by TTL and then CMOS! We never bothered to publish a schematic… I can’t say I regret skipping right over the bug era.:. Maybe that is why I have so little regard or appreciation for so many guys murdering CW with them? My heart is with precise sounding code! I always thought the machine at ARRL HDQ to be my standard! 73, Bruce W8RA
> On Jul 6, 2023, at 6:18 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > > On 7/6/2023 12:53 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> The reader's digest version is that you can minimize the learning >> curve by using a single action paddle. This largely eliminates iambic >> action (which you won't miss), even if the keyer supposedly supports >> iambic. > > Great advice. Especially with keyers that won't let you turn Iambic off! > > 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
