[Ham-Computers] Beacon keyer software?

[Philip]

Hi All,

I've just been given a "Chicken-Band" Ringo Style antenna from the estate of 
a CBer (I still need to get it home).  I figure that I'll retune it for 10M, 
try to obtain an old Xtal controlled mobile CB (an Xtal controlled is easier 
to convert than a 40Channel PLL unit) and put KO6BB/B up on 10 meters, 
hopefully by the early spring 10M openings.  Yeah, just what we need, 
another 10M beacon <grin>.

Anyway, this 'HAS' to be a "zero cost" or near zero cost project as it's 
purely experimental.  Towards that end, rather than build/buy a keyer I 
thought I'd use my old NEC Pentium laptop as a "programmable keyer", at 
least to start with.

I have a couple of ham radio logging programs that will key a CW rig, 
Log-EQF DOS and HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe), though I don't think HRD will run 
well on the old NEC running Win95! And Log-EQF doesn't have a beacon mode 
(continuous transmit). You have to press an "F" or number key to trigger a 
keyer memory.

My Question:
Does anyone know of a Beacon Keyer program that will run on either DOS or 
Win95, AND which is free?  The NEC has both a serial port and a parallel 
port, NO USB port!

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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