[Boatanchors] TCS Tx & Rx

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At 12:48 PM 3/24/2012, J. Forster wrote:
>I'm no CW op but I'd expect the diode would lengthen the relay release
>time, maybe quite a lot.

Yes, John:   It does lengthen the release due to the back EMF keeping 
the coil energized
But it is not a real problem.  Probably not more than 100 ms.   Since 
the relays are not
good for much over 25 wpm anyway,  even using a bug is OK

Perry  w8au