[Kenwood] Amplifier Keying from various transceivers

[Ken Brown]

>
> Looking at current state of Amateur radio, not even sure that "some" 
> can even read the schematic.  It isn't any requirement of current 
> licensing.  Therefore, asking questions is how one can get information.
I remember when old curmudgeons would complain  about "appliance 
operators" who bought all of their ham gear ready made. One of the 
arguments on the side of buying ready built gear was that single 
sideband gear is much more complicated to build, and required more 
sophisticated test equipment to get it operating properly. I thought 
that was a reasonable argument, and I have never built anything much 
more complicated than my two tube novice transmitter. (at least not for 
my ham shack) I guess now amateur radio has devolved even further to the 
point where hams don't even care to try to figure out how their 
commercially manufactured rigs work by looking at the schematic or block 
diagram, or ever taking the covers off. People buy ready made wire 
dipoles, instead of buying a spool of wire and some insulators. And I 
guess I have become one of the old curmudgeons who complain about it.

DE N6KB