[Boatanchors] Need Eico 717 Electronic keyer schematic

[Bry Carling]

The EICO one is by far the best looking too! You have to love that silky brushed aluminium 1960s hifi look!


Bry AF4K

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From: Boatanchors <boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Bob Groh <bob.groh at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2017 10:44 AM
To: Rob Atkinson
Cc: BoatAnchors QTH; boatanchor
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Need Eico 717 Electronic keyer schematic

The Eico keyer is quite the equal of the much more recognized
Hallicrafter's TO Keyer and the Heathkit HD-1410 (I have several of each)
and gets quite good reviews on eHam and some other sites. I did manage
(finally) to get a good clean and readable schematic from RadioMuseum.org
(they have a manual by I didn't download that) and I broke down and
purchased a manual on eBay from GlenDaleManuals for $7.99 - sample on eBay
page looked nice and clean - we'll see how that turns out.  Now to get a
bit of time to put the 717 on the bench and see what I have. Very nice and
clean on the outside and the price - well, I couldn't walk away from it for
sure!  I would love to replace the electrolytics at a minimum (3 total -
one 3-section and 2 separate ones).  Should be a nice addition to the ham
shack. The output is through a reed relay so probably not a mercury wetted
one.

Bob, WA2CKY

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's interesting.  I didn't know anyone but Hallicrafters had a tube
> electronic keyer on the market after the TO Keyer came out.  I can
> make out enough from the unusable schematic to see some design
> similarities.  I wonder if they also used a mercury wetted relay.
> Snazzy cabinet design.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Bob Groh <bob.groh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Picked up a nice Eico 717 keyer to match up with my Eico 720 and, before
> I
> > dig into it, I need a decent copy of the schematic. An electronic copy
> > would be fine or the loan of a paper original would be delightful.  I do
> > have a djvu copy from BAMA of the manual but the schematic has many
> > unreadable areas. Everything else I can find on the web seems to be the
> > same djvu copy!
> >
> > And, yes, I am aware of the many fine manual reproduction guys out there
> > and that may be where I have to go. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Bob Groh, WA2CKY
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