[Elecraft] Tony CW transceiver for socially isolated kids

[CUTTER DAVID]

Eric 
I've watched kids use Morse practice oscillators of the simplest kind (we made a kit for <£3 including the key) and they are absolutely taken by it.  I don't think they compare their cell phones with this system at all. We do because we are aware of the technology, but kids see things differently. 
David G3UNA

> On 18 October 2019 at 22:37 EricJ <eric.csuf at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I wonder if kids today are going to be impressed with a commercial radio 
> that lets them talk 100' away. Most of them are packing a cellphone with 
> more power than even NASA envisioned when many of us were that age.  
> Radio was magic to us. Being able to talk to people in Russia was 
> unbelievable. These kids communicate worldwide almost every day. I think 
> they might be impressed with the simplicity of a more homebrew looking 
> (guts exposed) minimalist rig with an equally simple coded "language".
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> Eric KE6US
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