[ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx

[George Babits]

I would argue that point.  I think the key was mounted on the top of the 
little control box.  Unless, of course, they were installed upside down.

George
W7HDL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com>
To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx


> In a WWII fighter the ARC-5 control box was mounted by the pilots RIGHT 
> ARM.
>
> The KEY was a button on the bottom of the control box.
>
> Try flying your airplane with your RIGHT HAND and sending CW with your 
> LEFT HAND!
>
> And I don't suspect they worried much about CHIRP in those days.
>
> The main use of the CW mode was for DFing.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx
>
>
>> On 20 Nov 2016 at 15:51, K5MYJ wrote:
>>
>>> Remember the ARC-5 family was not really designed for CW operation. And 
>>> any
>>> CW done on these transmitters was SLOW!
>>
>> Yes. They were designed for AM Voice use. CW was possible, but not used 
>> much, if at all.
>>
>> Mike, KK5F, knows far more about this aspect of their use than most of us 
>> here do.
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>
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