[Elecraft] Learning CW - oscillator

[Michael Groeschner]

Hi Jeff,

	I have seen many posts addressing your question about learning
CW. I did not see anyone answer your question about purchasing an
oscillator. I think that you should have a code practice oscillator but
that you should build your own. It will save you lots of $$$$ and it is
really easy. Here is a link with a diagram of my oscillator. It does
also have an attenuator so it can be hooked into a mic jack of a 2 meter
rig for sending modulated cw. We are getting a group of hams in our club
that want to learn the code and we are setting up a net on 2 meter fm.
This is something that a tech can do for live practice without breaking
any rules(as far as I know). The second link is to our club web site.
You may find other interesting things on this site.

	If you don't want to hook into a 2 meter rig, just leave off the
attenuator circuit(everything hooked into the white line except the
speaker).

	Best of luck learning the code and I am sure you will have no
trouble with the upgrade.

73
Mike
KB1DXC

http://www.qsl.net/wb1grb/osc.html   Oscillator page


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