[Kenwood] Amplifier Keying from various transceivers

[Jay AD5PE]

So is mine. :)

"Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:

>On 2/10/2013 5:11 PM, AD5PE wrote:
>> It's not always can't, though.  I don't change the oil in my cars - despite
>> the fact that 20 years ago I was building street rods with 1000 hp engines.
>>
>> It's more a matter of time and convenience.  My time for the hour+ it takes
>> to do the job (not including stopping at the store and picking up the
>> supplies) isn't worth the $25 it costs to drop it off at the shop and let
>> them do it.  And I don't have to dig grease out from under my fingernails,
>> either.
>>
>> And no, I've never built my own radio - but I did write my own PSK31
>> software - does that move me beyond an "appliance operator"?
>>
>
>I guess that's one of those, "it all depends on who you are talking to, 
>...or who's listening"  My degree is in CS, (not CIS) so I'd say ...Yes<:-))
>
>73, and congratulations
>
>Roger (K8RI)
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>> Jay
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Brown
>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 13:27
>> To: rbethman
>> Cc: kenwood at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Amplifier Keying from various transceivers
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
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