[ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx

[K5MYJ]

Either way, try sending CW in the cockpit of a fighter plane. In WWII 
fighters the cockpit was very small. You hold the stick with your right 
hand. The throttle is on the left side. All the armament controls are on the 
left console. The radio stuff was mostly on the right side.

The main part I remember was the COMMAND SET stuff being on the right.

The main use of the CW key was getting a DF STEAR. All you had to do was 
hold the key down long enough for the tower to get your heading.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Babits" <gbabits at custertel.net>
To: "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com>; "Kenneth G. Gordon" 
<kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx


>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>
> Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] SG Keying of ARC-5 Tx
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>
>> 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>
>> Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> 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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