[Hallicrafters] HA-1 Keyer

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Langston, Mike" <MLangston at pricegregory.com>
To: <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>; 
<hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] HA-1 Keyer


>I have one and I prefer it to "modern" solid-state keyers 
>for the following reasons:
> 1. It is not solid-state
> 2. I don't use CW enough to need Iambic operation
> 3. I can fix it if it malfunctions (none to date)
> 4. It will handle "hot" cathode keyed rigs without going 
> wacko or burning up
> 5. It was "state of the art" in the '60's when I was first 
> licensed and fits with the rigs I now use in my "old age"
>
> YMMV
> Mike KL7CD

    Thank you Mike and Lee and Joe who has offered to copy a 
decent manual for me. This is about what I was hoping for. I 
have a Vibroplex key, non-iambic, for it. It will be 
interesing to see if I can use it, I am so used to bugs. 
Iambic keys don't make sense to me, but evidently people 
like them.
    I was a little surprized to win this thing. If the 
photos are honest its pretty clean. I also am a boatanchor 
person. The key will be used mostly with a Drake B line rig.
    Now, I have several Hallicrafters receivers, including 
the S-38B my parents bought me new after nagging for about a 
month, but have never had a Hallicrafters transmitter. From 
what I can find out some of the late SSB stuff was extremely 
well engineered.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com