[Elecraft] Hallicrafters HA-1

[GRANT YOUNGMAN]

This is one of the things that has always bugged me about internal rig keyers (Elecraft included).  And as as result, I’ve almost never used them.  I’ve been using an Accu-Keyer (or emulator) for so long that nothing else is comfortable.  

I moved from my original home brewed Accu-Keyer (which I still have, refuse to part with,  and occasionally use) to the enhanced Accu-Memory version, to an MM-3 (with emulation — and still one of the best stand-alone keyers ever made) to the Idiom Press CMOS 4 (with emulation) because of its small form factor.

It seems that something as basic as Accu-Keyer timing with auto-character (and even auto-word) space isn’t exactly “rocket science”.  So how about it Elecraft?   Accu-Keyer emulation would make a better than run-of-the-mill update!!  For the K3, KX3, KX2.  And I wouldn’t have to carry the CMOS 4 in my KX3 bag or fiddle with more cables on the table with the K3.  I’m probably not alone here, given the popularity of the Accu-Keyer.  I can send better CW with a bug than I can with paddles and an electronic keyer that lacks ACS.  Maybe it’s my (old) age or just practice ...  :-)

> But - it didn't have auto character spacing which came out with the WB4VVF
> Accu-Keyer (hint-hint - so it's not OT after all).
> 

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091, KX3 #8342