2010 ARRL Straight Key Night... CW - Morse code

[va7mn]

After 22:00 it becomes known as bent key night.

[Robertosala1]

thanks for that video. The music sounds memorable.

At present learning Morse with my keyer and was able to translate your call sign.

Thanks for the video. It is really an inspiration.

73 de YS1RS.

[WA5MUF]

@Robertosala1

YS1RS de WA5MUF

......Thank you very, very much, Roberto. Have fun down there in El Salvador.

73

[NG9D]

Nice video and superb keying!

[WA5MUF]

NG9D de WA5MUF.... Thanks for your kind comments, Lynn!

73, WA5MUF

[aa8ky]

Very nice, just like the old days!

[TAC19jm]

Fantastic! It is a great video!!!

It seemed that a variable capacitor talked to me.

73

JA8JPO

[maurilucca]

verry nice, 73s Mauri

[rfjoe]

Love the vintage Ten Tec gear, HB rig looks neat also....

73,

Joe

[burt2481]

more on the homebrew rig please

[WA5MUF]

Very good, Burt....

You can find data about the homebrew thirty watt, three-band transmitter on pages 169-171 of the 1964 ARRL Handbook... it was also described in QST, December 1957, pages 34-37, by Silent Key W1ICP, Lewis G. McCoy....it is a crystal-controlled, grid-plate type using a 6DQ6A pentode, while the power suppy uses a 5U4G in a full-wave circuit. It also uses the OD3/VR-150 voltage regulator tube whitch glows with a purple discharge.

73, WA5MUF

[CraigShawZL1WZJJ0LYY]

Super MUF,

I love your real radio pioneering^-^.

Great tips to get people started (me included). Same as G4JNN, will need to work on CW.

Possibly not in near future, but one day hope to see you on the band.

73 from Nagano

[G4JNN]

Great stuff Bill.

I'm gona dust-off my old straight key...

But I'll have to do something to improve

my Morse first, hi.

Happy New Year.

Paul

G4JNN

[wd5iyt]

Pretty good fist for an old plastic key! Fun video. I've been licensed since 1978 and never worked SKN until this year. What fun I've missed. Thanks for the video.