[Elecraft] CW Key suggestions ?

[Mike Morrow]

Don wrote:

> I eventually acquired a BC-348 receiver that gave me all ham
> band coverage plusa lot of extra frequencies.

At least, all ham bands that could be found within the 200 to
600 kHz and 1500 to 18100 kHz coverage of the BC-348 (aka
AN/ARR-11).  This was the best military MF/HF aircraft receiver
in the world from 1936 to a few years post-WWII.

I have ten of the various models of the BC-348 in original
military (un-ham hacked) condition.  My BC-348-P goes
with my BC-375-E transmitter to make the SCR-287-A
MF/HF aircraft radio set.  My BC-348-R goes with my
T-47A/ART-13 transmitter to make the AN/ARC-8 MF/HF
aircraft radio set.  This last combo was still in
service on some older USAF aircraft as late as 1971!

I doubt *many* Elecrafters remember these sets, but vintage
military gear, always in its original military configuration,
still resides at KK5F.  One can't as easily appreciate the
advances made with modern gear like the KX3 without knowing
some of the past.

73,
Mike / KK5F