[Heathkit] Heathkit HD-1410 Electronic Keyer

[rbethman]

Hi Greg,

The only problem I ever had with mine, as I discussed with Mike, is that 
silly adjustment for the contact clearance.

That dumb design WILL slide either way, AND it won't stay locked where 
you tighten it down for anything!

The designer for that one should have been keelhauled!

Otherwise, it still keeps running!  Just a sad sidenote that it doesn't 
have any tubes in it!

Bob - N0DGN

On 5/28/2011 5:44 PM, Greg Mijal wrote:
> Hi John:
> That comment was on the rude side.  Bad boy!
> Here's a bit of practical info on the HD 1410.  It's a good keyer over 
> all. It's heavy enough to stay put on the table without nailing it 
> down.  This keyer has a  bezerk mode built into it.  Once in a while 
> it will close the key contacts all by itself.  A couple of years ago, 
> I tuned up my S line for 80 CW.  All I had to do is hit the keyer and 
> I would be on the air with 100w output.  Just when I finished the tune 
> up, the girlfriend came in the room and said she wanted to go to 
> Walmart for stuff so we both jumped into car and left.  Got back a 
> couple of hours later and sat down at the rig.  The Multimeter on the 
> transmitter was indicating about 40ma of current and the transmitter 
> was very hot around the cabinet.  I shut it all down and turned it 
> back on a couple of hours later.  Nothing broken or over heated and 
> the keyer was working OK.  Somewhere in the Heath manual it says that 
> this model will do that from time to time. Weird huh?
> 73's
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston NC
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com>
> To: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>; "Heathkit Reflector" 
> <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "Michael Raskin" <rask1553 at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Heathkit HD-1410 Electronic Keyer
>
>
>>
>> Congratulations! You've provided a perfect example of why it's generally
>> frowned upon and thought quite rude to post snarky comments about 
>> someone
>> else's For Sale message.  :-)  :-)
>>
>> John K5MO
>>
>>
>>
>> At 02:09 PM 5/28/2011, rbethman wrote:
>>> *IF* that was an SB-102, SB-600, *AND*, HP-23,  and in the same
>>> condition - THEN it would be a collectible.
>>>
>>> N0DGN