[Hallicrafters] HA-1 Keyer

[Carl]

I have an HA-1 that moves to several of the vintage stations as I hate a 
straight key and have long put the Vibroplex Presentation my parents gave me 
as a 16th birthday present back in its case and on the shelf. It has its 
flaky moments and I never learned iambic so dont miss it.

OTOH my favorite is an SS 80's Kansas City Keyer of which I have 3 and it 
has no problem with any tube gear I own but is mostly used on the modern HF 
thru microwave gear.

Carl
KM1H




----- 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 11:54 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
>
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> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue Jul 05 22:35:20 2011
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] HA-1 Keyer
>
>    I just won a HA-1 keyer. I have the instructions from
> BAMA although they are not very high rez (understatement of
> the week).
>    I've read the various comments about it, evidently a
> very good keyer but those who like digital stuff think its a
> bit obsolete, I guess because it can't fix bad key handling.
> I wonder if others on this list have them or have used them
> and what you think of them. Also, is there a better handbook
> available than the one on BAMA?
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
>
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