[Boatanchors] TCS Tx & Rx

[Geoff]

The ART-13 relay is louder and slower and I cant operate CW that slow. It is 
a great AM TX however and at 100-120W out it can usually be heard on a busy 
ham band unlike a flea power rig.

Of course flea power is ofen used in conjunction with flea sized antennas 
making actual QSO's a challenge.

The TCS TX is just the right power on AM to be used with a linear amp for a 
100-300W carrier signal. A R-388, AR-88, RBG, and others would make a fine 
companion RX in that case

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <w8au at sssnet.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] TCS Tx & Rx


> 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
>
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