Jones Twin Paddle Iambic Morse Key
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foggycoder
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Is that a CB radio in the image? Were you sending morse on the 11m band?
I ask because my winter "Operator Project" is to give the 10m band a good try out. Apparently you're even more in the lap of the Propogation Gods at those wavelengths. But I've heard morse on that band, albeit at faster speeds than I can cope with. Still, "Call CQ and they will come" is my motto.
It would be interesting to try morse on CB though...
I ask because my winter "Operator Project" is to give the 10m band a good try out. Apparently you're even more in the lap of the Propogation Gods at those wavelengths. But I've heard morse on that band, albeit at faster speeds than I can cope with. Still, "Call CQ and they will come" is my motto.
It would be interesting to try morse on CB though...
foggycoder
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gm5bkc
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I still have a 50w Scout 555, but the photo is actually the 5w Argo 556 version (image too small to tell) that I sold a couple of years ago.
I live in Colorado, 90 miles south of a good camping spot in Wyoming and I used to go up there for CW contests because Wyoming is a "rare" US state. I used the Argo 556 because the current drain is less on rcv and I could operate on the bands for a week of camping from a big deep-cycle battery.
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/contest/wyo.htm
The Scout/Argo are great CW radios with QSK and a built-in keyer, just plug in a key and start sending, no mode switch on the radio. If a mic is connected it is on SSB (which I never used). I always used an external keyer with memories or the laptop for contests. There is a variable IF filter that works well on CW.
Glenn AE0Q
I live in Colorado, 90 miles south of a good camping spot in Wyoming and I used to go up there for CW contests because Wyoming is a "rare" US state. I used the Argo 556 because the current drain is less on rcv and I could operate on the bands for a week of camping from a big deep-cycle battery.
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/contest/wyo.htm
The Scout/Argo are great CW radios with QSK and a built-in keyer, just plug in a key and start sending, no mode switch on the radio. If a mic is connected it is on SSB (which I never used). I always used an external keyer with memories or the laptop for contests. There is a variable IF filter that works well on CW.
Glenn AE0Q
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On the subject of CB, I have one of the modern multi-mode 26-28MHz radios which are marketed as a '10m band transceiver' but are really intended for 'freeband' CB operation. It even has a channel number display.
Although it has a CW setting, this is very clearly an afterthought. It is a lousy CW rig.
Firstly the sidetone volume is non adjustable, and is permanently set at 'ridiculously loud' (there is a mod which I'll do one day.). Secondly there is no CW filter. Thirdly, and worse of all there is a quarter second delay between key down and sidetone coming on, and the same delay on key up. You can just about get used to this, but it does not make for good CW.
Although it has a CW setting, this is very clearly an afterthought. It is a lousy CW rig.
Firstly the sidetone volume is non adjustable, and is permanently set at 'ridiculously loud' (there is a mod which I'll do one day.). Secondly there is no CW filter. Thirdly, and worse of all there is a quarter second delay between key down and sidetone coming on, and the same delay on key up. You can just about get used to this, but it does not make for good CW.
foggycoder
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I presume you're referring to either the CRT Superstar 6900 or the 9900. Very useful information on their CW capabilities (or rather, lack thereof) - thanks.
It would be rude of me to ask how you came to be the owner of a CB radio!
It would be rude of me to ask how you came to be the owner of a CB radio!