[CW] Thinking about tubes

[scott mcmullen]

Think it's actually what what is called a
'trans-receiver' - an autonomous transmitter
and receiver house in a single box.

That helped to achieve fast transmit-receive 
turn-around times.

I think that "separates" were more popular
among CW operators, and transceivers with
those who worked mostly phone. The Drake
twins were quite popular.

73
Scott
W5ESE

--- On Thu, 4/23/09, David Ring <djringjr at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Ring <djringjr at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CW] Thinking about tubes
> To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:58 AM
> That is probably the only QSK tube
> transceiver ever made - but it is crystal
> or external (not supplied) only.
> 
> Nice radio though.
> 
> 73
> 
> DR
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Ron Zond <k3miy at csonline.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Ken
> >
> > How about the Heath HW 16?
> > CW only.
> >
> > Ron
> > K3MIY
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
> > Behalf Of Ken Brown
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:18 AM
> > To: CW Reflector
> > Subject: [CW] Thinking about tubes
> >
> >
> > I have been thinking about getting a tube transceiver.
> I would be
> > interested to hear opinions on the QSK performance of
> various tube
> > transceivers. Even just to know what transceivers to
> consider would be
> > helpful. It seems like in the days of tubes
> transceivers were less
> > common than separate receivers and transmitters, so
> there may not be
> > very many choices. The ones I can think of are the
> Drake TR3 and TR4 (I
> > would presume the TR4CW would be the best of those),
> Collins KWM1 and
> > KWM2 (probably both out of my price range), Heathkit
> HW-101, SB-100 and
> > SB-101, maybe some Halliscratchers Cyclones? Swan
> rigs? Can any of you
> > add to the list of tube transceivers, please? I know
> some of the early
> > transceivers were intended primarily for SSB use, and
> I want something
> > that works well for CW. Maybe there are some good
> military rigs to
> > consider, like the RS-6 or Paraset, though I probably
> want a
> > superheterodyne receiver and not a regenerative set.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any information.
> >
> > Ken N6KB
> >
> >
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