[Milsurplus] TBW A1 v. A2

[W7QHO at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/6/06 5:27:33 PM, RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu writes (in 
part):


> Looking at the troublesome keying design of many of the early
> transmitters like the TBW, GO-9 and the BC-191 have to wonder about how
> they were used for CW operation. Dot get me wrong, yes it is possible to
> get them to work without chirps, if your careful and everything is set
> up correctly, but the environment they would be used in was often
> anything but stable or conducive to good operating procedures......etc.
> 
My guess would be that clicks and chirps weren't considered to be a problem 
back then and in that environment.   The old stuff was drifty too but receivers 
tended to broad and the messages got through anyway.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA