[AMRadio] Cw

[Brett Gazdzinski]

I used to really enjoy CW before I got into AM.
Lots of slow novices around to chat with.
I guess my brain worked better way back, but I have a hard time with CW now.

I did make one quick contact after I built a K2, but got so excited about it 
I ended it quickly.
I used to be a solid 25 wpm guy, and always used a streight key from radio 
shack 35 years ago.
Its still the only key I have..

I made a half hearted attempt to build a CW rig last year, superhet and a 
single 6146 or something, got the chassis half punched for the receiver 
section and then put it aside.
I have the product detector worked out, and some good filters, and an old 
Collins pto for the TX vfo.
Old buzzard style, seperate rx and tx sharing the power supply in one 
cabinet, zero beat, manual tx/rx switching, all tubes.

I do have a Wilderness radio Sierra, works well for a fist full of parts.

I seem to be to lazy to work at CW though, and after 30 years of non use, it 
IS work.