[CW] cw Yak

[David Ring]

Nice Story, Danny.  I remember the ETM2B keyer, I saw one in 1980 in
the Rotterdam Bootlek (tax free seaman's store) and I was amazed that
they had one.  I guess they liked the Sparks that shopped at the
store!  The manager told me that until recently they sold Vibroplex,
but recently discovered that the Sparks wanted a keyer.  I wasn't sure
if the unit would take the 180 volt 300 amp keyline of our USA
ITT/Mackay transmitters, so I didn't buy one, and when I got to
Germany I asked about getting a semi-automatic key in Bremmerhaven,
but it would require a 100 mile trip to get one!

So I kept pounding out long (800 word) messages every few days with
the little blue boxed J38 that ITT/Mackay supplied the ship!

My hand got sore!

73

David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
ex- Radio Officer, "Williamsburgh/WGOA" 1980-1981, Alaska to Texas to
St. Croix, USVI then to Hounds Point, Scotland, Rotterdam and
Bremmerhaven and back to Texas.

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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Danny Douglas <n7dc at comcast.net> wrote:
>  Yesterday I decided I wanted to figure out what had happened to my old
>  ETM2b
>   keyer.