WoW John, nice find and surprisingly it's in pretty good shape! Congrats!

73,

Walter, K5EST ⚓


   

On Thu, Jun 8, 2023, 9:54 AM John <johnk5mo@gmail.com> wrote:

I picked this Eldico keyer up at a recent hamfest, and did some repair (rectifiers/filter caps/timing circuit) and it's working well now.  

The mechanical portion of the thing is interesting. The whole  works seems to be mounted in a black resin cast housing which is then machined and fitted with the paddle arm and the adjustment screws for travel and centering.   While the spacing of the arms is a bit wide for my tastes, the adjustment screws don't want to  budge.  I've broken enough things in a similar state to leave well enough alone and use it as is, rather than getting out the TorqueMaster screwdriver.

The relay ticking away with the CW is kind of soothing!

John K5MO

PS: Next up: The M&M Electronics "Dah Ditter"

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