That is a beautiful key. Too bad they are no longer available.
@davidhart4789Ай бұрын
A few years ago I decided to try and get on CW. Learned it to get my license for Tech and General but they had eliminated it when I got my extra. Got me a straight key and joined SKCC because it said it was a good way to build your speed. I started practicing and when I got my speed up to about 7 words a minute I got on the air. Made a couple contacts with 2 members and in chat I was saying how good it was to be able to do that. Then some member chimed in that an Extra who was only able to copy at 6 to 7 WPM was a waste of time and bandwidth. So I apologized to him for wasting peoples time and using his precious bandwidth and put my key in a drawer and haven’t used CW since. I didn’t want to be associated with an organization that claims to help new CW operators but then puts them down because they are a waste of time and bandwidth.
@photoguy73 Жыл бұрын
I don't see these advertised on eBay, and the link goes to a site with 9 pages of Russian sites, none of which seems to be the correct one. Do you know if they are still available, and if so where?
@williepagan9024 Жыл бұрын
Joe... if you are producing and selling these keys... pls send me a pm with price and details... would certainly like to have one. Willie - NT2J
@davoodborzabadi2450 Жыл бұрын
Hello please shematic please radio regenrativ , thanks❤
@russ-aepx3307 Жыл бұрын
I had one (kit) in '68. I had loads of fun with it. And bandswitching without changing coils made things very nice.
@davoodborzabadi2450 Жыл бұрын
Hello please shematic ❤ thank you 🙏
@Mike-ot7jd Жыл бұрын
Терпение и труд! 73 de R9YDI.
@careygeorge1160 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Joe. I am just getting into SKCC and enjoying it. What kind of straight key are you using here? Any you would recommend?
@calvinhirschler5876 Жыл бұрын
i thought he was blinking in morse code for a minute
@alvarogaitan25292 жыл бұрын
wow alexa 73 from kb2uew
@Juan_Carlos_V2 жыл бұрын
great job, 73 . .
@capt20262 жыл бұрын
19th Century tech meets 21st Century tech. I’m going to use this. Good job. Thanks.
@lewiemcneely91432 жыл бұрын
You probably talked to my neighbor W4EHV but he's been gone for several years. What happened to the RADAR down at the lake? Best RADAR to see what was coming in this area. Watch out for Mark, Eddie and ZZ! God Bless!
@k4fbimike4812 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joe, 73
@joeyoung69082 жыл бұрын
Excellent 73
@radscot2 жыл бұрын
Actually, I think it could be very useful to have an additional mode whereby it sends the letter (as it does now) then it gives you a few seconds to guess the answer (in your head) then it simply tells you what the letter was. Sorry for all the feedback; I'm just trying to help. :-)
@radscot2 жыл бұрын
I seem to be having great problems getting the Echo to understand certain responses (not just s and f disambiguation, but things like u can be a problem; maybe it's having trouble disambiguating u and 2)? It's happening very frequently and when it does happen, the Echo can get stuck in a 'say that again' loop, so that really needs to be set to time-out after 2 failed understanding attempts (so then it just tells you the answer and moves on to sending you the next character). I've ended up having to say a random character (typically z) just to shut it up. Sometimes even that doesn't work and it eventually toggles into 'sending sentences' mode and I end up getting rather irritated and simply closing it. Limiting it to a couple of 'say that again' instances would - IMHO - vastly, vastly improve the user experience. I hope that the above feedback is of some use to you, Briain
@radscot2 жыл бұрын
Hi Joe. I've just discovered this (I'm using it on an Echo), I think that it is a fabulous idea and I [very nearly] almost absolutely love it! I'd like to suggest one minor change, though (maybe even as a user settable as an option, if that's feasible). Using your video example, might it be a cool idea to shorten the response 'you said it was U, <big pause> it was U' to something a little more abrupt? Personally, I'd love the response to be something more along the lines of either 'correct' or 'no, it was A', as to me, the unnecessary verbal redundancy soon tends toward being a tad on the tedious side and I'd much prefer to instead more rapidly progress onto being completely confused by the next symbol (one rather appreciates response brevity when dealing with all these fancy new AI type thingies; okay, yes, I'm getting far too old and grumpy). ;-) All the best and thank you very much indeed for building this skill; it's a very cool idea and all your hard graft put into creating it is very much appreciated! :-)
@djesasono62372 жыл бұрын
So, how to ask alexa to code the 'stop' world?....
@jgaffney62 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. This is amazing. I will certainly use it every day I am presently enrolled in Long Island CW Club in a B2 class and this program certainly will help me I know it was a lot of hard work Jim. K4YNA. Thanks
@yourshootingbuddy2 жыл бұрын
Great, I can't wait to try it out.
@Tom-W7TMD2 жыл бұрын
Is this still the set up your using Joe?
@HALEdigitalARTS2 жыл бұрын
Great video sir, thanks!
@echo-hotel2 жыл бұрын
I run into too many people who won’t slow down for me.
@petek1pml7462 жыл бұрын
i just received my dayton exciter in the mail.. looking forward to my build... great idea...
@gjayh2 жыл бұрын
Joe, watched all your cw videos. Would like to see more! You’re a master.
@ilovegunsandhuntingandradi59122 жыл бұрын
Good vid, very helpful. 👍
@vu3rdd2 жыл бұрын
I think it is some switching power supply, the change in frequency within each peak looks like the signal generated by the pulse width modulated square wave. Please try to find the lowest possible frequency where it all starts. May be walk around with a portable short wave radio with a headphone and try to go near potential power sources? Another technique is to power your radio with battery and then switch off the mains in your house to rule out any sources within your qth. If that experiment makes it disappear, you have succeeded. The source is within your control. If not, it could be some neighbour and it becomes harder... Good luck. I am surrounded by so many RFI sources here. - ram VU3RDD
@frankarthur25513 жыл бұрын
Wow! How awesome. Can you share a block diagram from ant to PC. Guess I need to update my PC which has problems running one decode much less 2. 73,
@davidshermanlittle9193 жыл бұрын
My call AF5U. Thx for doing the demo/education.
@R2AUK3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review. The base material of the R4N-885 key is a 20mm thick FR4 material, according to the description on eBay.
@JayN4GO3 жыл бұрын
When learning words , will she repeat the word after 3 try’s ? Same for sentences es calls? Thank you. Just learning so I’m looking for any good advice to put the characters together.
@jgalicic3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jay. The best advice I can give you is once you know your characters and numbers get on the air and practice them. You will progress much faster this way. Also, consider signing up for a CW Academy class. There are many free Morse training tools and resources available. Check CWOps website for details. Have fun! Joe
@brents70773 жыл бұрын
Do you have a new link for the plans? 73 Brent
@jgalicic3 жыл бұрын
Hi Brent. I did not build this key from plans. I simply used the key that W1SFR built as a guide. Google W1SFR for details. Thanks for watching. Joe
@newpatrick88383 жыл бұрын
QRP is one thing, what about your antenna ?
@jgalicic3 жыл бұрын
The antenna is a simple inverted L over a special folded counterpoise created by K2AV. See k2av.com for details. I have been experimenting with this antenna for quite some time and find it works pretty well on my very small lot. Of course a lot of contacts were made because the other end had good receive antennas and could hear well. This year I will be operating the Stew Perry from my South Carolina QTH with 100 watts using an inverted L over 21 long ground radials. I feel fairly competitive with this configuration. We shall see !
@newpatrick88383 жыл бұрын
@@jgalicic Thank you for the extensive details. I wish you the best of luck in the SP this year. Season's Greetings, Patrick OT5Q
@ADVJason4 жыл бұрын
I know this is an older video. I just got this same radio. I just got all three tubes in it this morning. It just hums.... I've got to try an antenna... And find a schematic. I'd like to get this one going again.
@spemberton1014 жыл бұрын
Can you share the flow?
@brents70774 жыл бұрын
Which key would you recommend today to purchase for CWops students?
@celiocelio78774 жыл бұрын
bom dia a quee e o celio gostei do lafayette da pra vc enviar o esquema por favor pinda/ba . sp b ceregera ap 103
@nappingpup1054 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting and taking time to make this video.
@tomsnyder67014 жыл бұрын
Yesterday I finished building the Cricket40. It took me more than 2 hours 'cause I'm slow. But it was a fun build. I made my first contact today with a station about 400 miles away. A lot of fun with just 1 watt! Thanks for the video.
@billschwartz7584 жыл бұрын
Nice video! 73 de K3WI
@paulinmt21854 жыл бұрын
+1, what a hoot! Nice resto-job, and sweet harp playing. Knowing you, I bet it now does Iambic-B ;-)
@w8lvradio4 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@RadioK4RLC4 жыл бұрын
Joe - fascinating use of technology. Vy cool. 73 Bob K4RLC
@paulinmt21854 жыл бұрын
Would be a nice tool for handihams. I found myself smiling as I copied the machine-translations. FB OC!
@wa4aos4 жыл бұрын
Excellent demo... Thanks
@einstein.18694 жыл бұрын
Very Impressive
@jeffcotton5265 жыл бұрын
Yuri in the Ukraine make a very nice keyer in either solid polished brass or all chrome plated. www.ur5cdx.com More expensive than what you're showing but for the difference a much better unit! Very heavy base at about 3 lbs or 1.3 Kgs. He has several models available check them out... you won't regret it! The keyer you're showing goes for $119.00 incl. shipping at Ebay. Yuri sells on Ebay too. I paid $176 for my keyer incl. shipping from the Ukraine. For the $57 difference it is certainly worth it.
@user-uv4xe3cq2y5 жыл бұрын
nice and easy.
@stephenwilliams52015 жыл бұрын
Well for a fact it's put to gather. Don't have a lot of audio. Maby some tips? And getting a full wave antenna ready. Tks kv4li
@frankartieta74835 жыл бұрын
Hello :) I am crickteer 08 :) Try different sets of earbuds ! That are not all equal !
@stephenwilliams52015 жыл бұрын
@@frankartieta7483 tks. lost power switch. So wating for new single pole double throw. Next rig will get my generator out for steady power, gas iron is too much. Built house to exclude AC. Also tried a xtal phone it's the best. Should get cricketers on first bounce of 30 meters. Tennessee to Missouri. De kv4li
@frankartieta74835 жыл бұрын
@@stephenwilliams5201 respectfully I did not understand a lot of what is in your reply here ! I will say this ! When I first built my 80 meter cricket I could hardly hear audio ! I tried a couple different sets of earbuds ! That cured my problem ! It almost has too much audio now ! 73 KV4LI de KD5ALD
@stephenwilliams52015 жыл бұрын
@@frankartieta7483 ah! Will share the fact that my home was set up without AC. And I have small gas solder tools.. you bet the next rig will be assembled with my generator. For steady heat/control. House lights are solar. Extra for computer, and radio. I worked at tv factory. For 30 years. Can't stand to wach much tv. Generators are for house repair and hobby's. They get the best fuel and care. (Pampered) hope I made clear from my missive. God bless de kv4li. God bless
@frankartieta74835 жыл бұрын
@@stephenwilliams5201 OK :) I would have a hard time figuring how to get along without AC Boy oh Boy a soldering iron would be rough to deal with without precise temperature control ! The days of building kits with a hot nail are a ways down the road :) I agree about not watching much TV ! 73
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That is a beautiful key. Too bad they are no longer available.
A few years ago I decided to try and get on CW. Learned it to get my license for Tech and General but they had eliminated it when I got my extra. Got me a straight key and joined SKCC because it said it was a good way to build your speed. I started practicing and when I got my speed up to about 7 words a minute I got on the air. Made a couple contacts with 2 members and in chat I was saying how good it was to be able to do that. Then some member chimed in that an Extra who was only able to copy at 6 to 7 WPM was a waste of time and bandwidth. So I apologized to him for wasting peoples time and using his precious bandwidth and put my key in a drawer and haven’t used CW since. I didn’t want to be associated with an organization that claims to help new CW operators but then puts them down because they are a waste of time and bandwidth.
I don't see these advertised on eBay, and the link goes to a site with 9 pages of Russian sites, none of which seems to be the correct one. Do you know if they are still available, and if so where?
Joe... if you are producing and selling these keys... pls send me a pm with price and details... would certainly like to have one. Willie - NT2J
Hello please shematic please radio regenrativ , thanks❤
I had one (kit) in '68. I had loads of fun with it. And bandswitching without changing coils made things very nice.
Hello please shematic ❤ thank you 🙏
Терпение и труд! 73 de R9YDI.
Thanks for the video Joe. I am just getting into SKCC and enjoying it. What kind of straight key are you using here? Any you would recommend?
i thought he was blinking in morse code for a minute
wow alexa 73 from kb2uew
great job, 73 . .
19th Century tech meets 21st Century tech. I’m going to use this. Good job. Thanks.
You probably talked to my neighbor W4EHV but he's been gone for several years. What happened to the RADAR down at the lake? Best RADAR to see what was coming in this area. Watch out for Mark, Eddie and ZZ! God Bless!
Thank you Joe, 73
Excellent 73
Actually, I think it could be very useful to have an additional mode whereby it sends the letter (as it does now) then it gives you a few seconds to guess the answer (in your head) then it simply tells you what the letter was. Sorry for all the feedback; I'm just trying to help. :-)
I seem to be having great problems getting the Echo to understand certain responses (not just s and f disambiguation, but things like u can be a problem; maybe it's having trouble disambiguating u and 2)? It's happening very frequently and when it does happen, the Echo can get stuck in a 'say that again' loop, so that really needs to be set to time-out after 2 failed understanding attempts (so then it just tells you the answer and moves on to sending you the next character). I've ended up having to say a random character (typically z) just to shut it up. Sometimes even that doesn't work and it eventually toggles into 'sending sentences' mode and I end up getting rather irritated and simply closing it. Limiting it to a couple of 'say that again' instances would - IMHO - vastly, vastly improve the user experience. I hope that the above feedback is of some use to you, Briain
Hi Joe. I've just discovered this (I'm using it on an Echo), I think that it is a fabulous idea and I [very nearly] almost absolutely love it! I'd like to suggest one minor change, though (maybe even as a user settable as an option, if that's feasible). Using your video example, might it be a cool idea to shorten the response 'you said it was U, <big pause> it was U' to something a little more abrupt? Personally, I'd love the response to be something more along the lines of either 'correct' or 'no, it was A', as to me, the unnecessary verbal redundancy soon tends toward being a tad on the tedious side and I'd much prefer to instead more rapidly progress onto being completely confused by the next symbol (one rather appreciates response brevity when dealing with all these fancy new AI type thingies; okay, yes, I'm getting far too old and grumpy). ;-) All the best and thank you very much indeed for building this skill; it's a very cool idea and all your hard graft put into creating it is very much appreciated! :-)
So, how to ask alexa to code the 'stop' world?....
Thank you sir. This is amazing. I will certainly use it every day I am presently enrolled in Long Island CW Club in a B2 class and this program certainly will help me I know it was a lot of hard work Jim. K4YNA. Thanks
Great, I can't wait to try it out.
Is this still the set up your using Joe?
Great video sir, thanks!
I run into too many people who won’t slow down for me.
i just received my dayton exciter in the mail.. looking forward to my build... great idea...
Joe, watched all your cw videos. Would like to see more! You’re a master.
Good vid, very helpful. 👍
I think it is some switching power supply, the change in frequency within each peak looks like the signal generated by the pulse width modulated square wave. Please try to find the lowest possible frequency where it all starts. May be walk around with a portable short wave radio with a headphone and try to go near potential power sources? Another technique is to power your radio with battery and then switch off the mains in your house to rule out any sources within your qth. If that experiment makes it disappear, you have succeeded. The source is within your control. If not, it could be some neighbour and it becomes harder... Good luck. I am surrounded by so many RFI sources here. - ram VU3RDD
Wow! How awesome. Can you share a block diagram from ant to PC. Guess I need to update my PC which has problems running one decode much less 2. 73,
My call AF5U. Thx for doing the demo/education.
Thanks for the review. The base material of the R4N-885 key is a 20mm thick FR4 material, according to the description on eBay.
When learning words , will she repeat the word after 3 try’s ? Same for sentences es calls? Thank you. Just learning so I’m looking for any good advice to put the characters together.
Hi Jay. The best advice I can give you is once you know your characters and numbers get on the air and practice them. You will progress much faster this way. Also, consider signing up for a CW Academy class. There are many free Morse training tools and resources available. Check CWOps website for details. Have fun! Joe
Do you have a new link for the plans? 73 Brent
Hi Brent. I did not build this key from plans. I simply used the key that W1SFR built as a guide. Google W1SFR for details. Thanks for watching. Joe
QRP is one thing, what about your antenna ?
The antenna is a simple inverted L over a special folded counterpoise created by K2AV. See k2av.com for details. I have been experimenting with this antenna for quite some time and find it works pretty well on my very small lot. Of course a lot of contacts were made because the other end had good receive antennas and could hear well. This year I will be operating the Stew Perry from my South Carolina QTH with 100 watts using an inverted L over 21 long ground radials. I feel fairly competitive with this configuration. We shall see !
@@jgalicic Thank you for the extensive details. I wish you the best of luck in the SP this year. Season's Greetings, Patrick OT5Q
I know this is an older video. I just got this same radio. I just got all three tubes in it this morning. It just hums.... I've got to try an antenna... And find a schematic. I'd like to get this one going again.
Can you share the flow?
Which key would you recommend today to purchase for CWops students?
bom dia a quee e o celio gostei do lafayette da pra vc enviar o esquema por favor pinda/ba . sp b ceregera ap 103
Thanks for posting and taking time to make this video.
Yesterday I finished building the Cricket40. It took me more than 2 hours 'cause I'm slow. But it was a fun build. I made my first contact today with a station about 400 miles away. A lot of fun with just 1 watt! Thanks for the video.
Nice video! 73 de K3WI
+1, what a hoot! Nice resto-job, and sweet harp playing. Knowing you, I bet it now does Iambic-B ;-)
Wow!
Joe - fascinating use of technology. Vy cool. 73 Bob K4RLC
Would be a nice tool for handihams. I found myself smiling as I copied the machine-translations. FB OC!
Excellent demo... Thanks
Very Impressive
Yuri in the Ukraine make a very nice keyer in either solid polished brass or all chrome plated. www.ur5cdx.com More expensive than what you're showing but for the difference a much better unit! Very heavy base at about 3 lbs or 1.3 Kgs. He has several models available check them out... you won't regret it! The keyer you're showing goes for $119.00 incl. shipping at Ebay. Yuri sells on Ebay too. I paid $176 for my keyer incl. shipping from the Ukraine. For the $57 difference it is certainly worth it.
nice and easy.
Well for a fact it's put to gather. Don't have a lot of audio. Maby some tips? And getting a full wave antenna ready. Tks kv4li
Hello :) I am crickteer 08 :) Try different sets of earbuds ! That are not all equal !
@@frankartieta7483 tks. lost power switch. So wating for new single pole double throw. Next rig will get my generator out for steady power, gas iron is too much. Built house to exclude AC. Also tried a xtal phone it's the best. Should get cricketers on first bounce of 30 meters. Tennessee to Missouri. De kv4li
@@stephenwilliams5201 respectfully I did not understand a lot of what is in your reply here ! I will say this ! When I first built my 80 meter cricket I could hardly hear audio ! I tried a couple different sets of earbuds ! That cured my problem ! It almost has too much audio now ! 73 KV4LI de KD5ALD
@@frankartieta7483 ah! Will share the fact that my home was set up without AC. And I have small gas solder tools.. you bet the next rig will be assembled with my generator. For steady heat/control. House lights are solar. Extra for computer, and radio. I worked at tv factory. For 30 years. Can't stand to wach much tv. Generators are for house repair and hobby's. They get the best fuel and care. (Pampered) hope I made clear from my missive. God bless de kv4li. God bless
@@stephenwilliams5201 OK :) I would have a hard time figuring how to get along without AC Boy oh Boy a soldering iron would be rough to deal with without precise temperature control ! The days of building kits with a hot nail are a ways down the road :) I agree about not watching much TV ! 73