[Milsurplus] S-20 as code practice radio

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 28 Jun 2017 at 20:29, Rob Flory wrote:

> Hue wrote:  "For "general" training, such as CW practice, I am guessing the military used less 
> expensive radios, such as Halli S-20's"
> 
> I'm not going to say that didn't happen,

Well, IMHO, if it did, it was very rare.

> but most code practice wasn't even over a radio.

Right. It was done with rigs like the TG-34 McElroy tape machines or later versions. I have 
three TG-34s here and one box of the complete 15 reels of tapes for it.

I remember taking code from one of those in a classroom many years ago. I think it was just 
before I got my Novice license in 1956.

Fair Radio Sales used to sell the tapes which were made for them by a fellow I ran into some 
time ago. This man had the original McElroy tape inker. He doesn't do it anymore though.

Complete sets of the tapes are very hard to find...as is the manual which went with them 
which listed all the text on the tapes. I managed to find such a manual some time ago.

My idea was to transmit code practice to some locals using a QRP transmitter, a low end-fed 
wire antenna, and one of my restored TG-34s. As I expected, there isn't much need for such 
here.

I may do it just to say I did, but otherwise I'll put it on the air when I have nothing much better 
to do, or if I get bored.

Ken W7EKB

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