OT: CW Skimmer
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CW Skimmer is a form of crutch. Us old timers still do it the old way, tune around and listen closely, but keep an eye on the P3 display. Love that thing!
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Well, yes but the P3 can also be considered a crutch too. It all depends on
where the crutch/aid line is placed. 1st split capable RX-TX was Heath SB300-SB400 pair. Confession time... Have but after initial fascination with it do not use CW Skimmer but rely a lot on the P3. Is having the K3 sub receiver and listening on the DX's frequency and hunting for his reply frequencies on the sub a crutch too? Sure is not the old timers way. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR On 2/7/2015 2:15 PM, GDR wrote: > CW Skimmer is a form of crutch. Us old timers still do it the old way, tune around and listen closely, but keep an eye on the P3 display. Love that thing! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ummmm ... I think Art Collins might have beat Heath to that with the
KWM-2 and external VFO, sometime around 1959, followed by the S-Line. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 2/7/2015 11:55 AM, Bob wrote: > 1st split capable RX-TX was Heath SB300-SB400 pair. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Fred,
Was the 1st for me. Heath SB's were the poor mans Collins and Collins had a lot of innovations. 73, Bob K2TK On 2/7/2015 4:18 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > Ummmm ... I think Art Collins might have beat Heath to that with the KWM-2 and > external VFO, sometime around 1959, followed by the S-Line. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 > - www.cqp.org > > On 2/7/2015 11:55 AM, Bob wrote: > >> 1st split capable RX-TX was Heath SB300-SB400 pair. > > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I'm working on my 62nd year as a ham and looking back at the history
I've experienced, I think I would credit the KWM-2 as the turning point in the adoption of SSB over AM. Not that the all the masses could afford it [in todays dollars, I think it cost around $10K], and there had been the KWM-1 which didn't seem to catch on well, but the KWM2 introduced the concept of "HF Transceiver," where you transmitted exactly where you were listening ... One Big Knob. Up until this time, ham stations consisted of a receiver, usually commercial, and a transmitter, sometimes commercial, more often than not however either home brewed or converted war surplus. Getting on frequency, and staying there, was hard with the separate components. Once Art's concept showed up, the thriving ham manufacturer market at that time then followed suit ... quickly. The KWM-2A was the workhorse HF radio for the US military in the 60's and 70's. My team and I turned 42 brand new ones to slag puddles at the end of 21 missions. :-(( I still dream about them. For hams, the S-Line was much more versatile and of course secured it's spot in the Ham Radio Hall of Fame too. I think the Heath Twins did too, really good radios, and more available to those of more modest means. I always meant to write Art and tell him how incredibly sturdy his transceiver was. We pulled them on pallets out the back of low-flying C-130s, and all 42 worked. Alas, I procrastinated, and he died. I do wonder now how my S3-Line would have stacked up against my current K2 or K-Line. The Heath Twins weren't first, but they weren't far behind and they made the concept of a transceiver available to a whole lot of hams! 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org On 2/7/2015 4:31 PM, Bob wrote: > Hi Fred, > > Was the 1st for me. Heath SB's were the poor mans Collins and > Collins had a lot of innovations. > > 73, > Bob > K2TK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I think very few hams could afford the KWM-2. I'll give Collins the credit for
the innovation but I think the Heath SB series had a much bigger influence on the average ham. 73, Roger (former owner of the SB-101) On 2/7/2015 10:09 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > I'm working on my 62nd year as a ham and looking back at the history I've > experienced, I think I would credit the KWM-2 as the turning point in the > adoption of SSB over AM. Not that the all the masses could afford it [in > todays dollars, I think it cost around $10K], and there had been the KWM-1 > which didn't seem to catch on well, but the KWM2 introduced the concept of "HF > Transceiver," where you transmitted exactly where you were listening ... One > Big Knob. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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