[CW] Dayton

[Radio K0HB via CW]

My post had nothing to particularly with the quality or beauty of these products (although they are very high in both regards), rather the irony that a very expensive Morse Code key can enjoy such popularity.




In 1990 the FCC announced the first amateur license which didn't require a test in Morse Code.




The laments from the IOoDHW were heard across the land --- "This is the end of Amateur Radio" ---  at that time there were 2 or 3 small volume "basement artisans" building collector-class keys.  With the "death" of Morse, surely that market will dry up and die.




This weekend at Dayton, a quarter century later, no less than four thriving companies (Begali, Kent, N3ZN, Vibroplex) were doing a land office business selling exquisitely designed and very expensive Morse keys to guys and gals who never passed a code test in their life.




I declare that the IOoDHW (International Order of Dismayed Hand Wringers) were dead wrong about the death of Amateur Radio.




73, de Hans, K0HB

"Just a Boy and His Radio"™

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm glad you are friends. I do just great with my used Blue Racer that cost me about 25% of the cost of a Begali. I have nothing against them. It performs the same function and I am happy. Some folks need a Maserati and again that's fine but my Toyota or Ford essentially does all the same things.
> Best regards - Brian Carling
> AF4K Crystals Co.
> 117 Sterling Pine St.
> Sanford, FL 32773
> Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
>> On May 16, 2015, at 8:23 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Wonderful.  Is Miss Begali at her father's side?  Piero makes wonderful keys!  
>> 
>> Disclaimer, I love I2RTF, he is one of my friends!  I have a recording of him using his bug.
>> 
>> CW Recording Links:  tiny.cc/n1ea
>> 
>> I2RTF Pietro Begali sending Morse Code on his Intrepid semi-automatica key
>> 
>> Pietro Begali, famous Morse key maker using his wonderful Intrepid semi-automatic key as received at amateur radio station N1EA located in Green Harbor, Massachusetts, USA 31 March 2012 on the frequency band of 14 MHz.
>> 
>> 73
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>> DR
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>>> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Radio K0HB via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> Other than the "big 3" booths, by my unscientific observation the most popular vendor at Dayton this weekend is I2RTF.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> de Hans, K0HB
>>> "Just a Boy and His Radio"™
>>> 
>>> 
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