G4NSJ - Morse Keys and other CW stuff. I have a small collection of Morse code keys to show you. In this video, I talk about CW and various Morse keys.
Hello Lewis, see you in a few of Ray's comments. You should ask Ray to do an interview for your channel, and you can do something for Rays channel. Plus, it's nice down here on Sussex.
Thanks Ray, I trained as a marine R.O. In 1986 but never went to sea. At one stage I could send and receive Cw @ 25 wpm. Here in EI the hf bands were only for A licenses and that required 12 wpm. But after passing the test you were only allowed to operate on Cw only on 20m and 40m for a year before you got access to all bands and ssb operation. Whilst it was a pain, I feel it was a much better system than the one we have now. Keep the videos coming! Many thx de EI5GN
Great Video once again Ray! I hope morse code never goes away, i would even do it if it becomes banned from the airwaves! New Keys and Paddles are so expensive these days!
Hi Ray I have the Vibroplex Lightning Bug my dad bought for me on my 15th birthday for $5.00 at an electronics store that was going out of business and was having a clearance sale. Also I have one of Ed Browns early Squeeze keyers and paddles. Ed lived only a half mile from my parents house. He was W0EPV. He got a patient for the keyer design. See QST July 1967 pg 22 The keyer is all tubes. Thanks
That's a great price for a Vibroplex! I'm sure mine isn't genuine, sadly. OK on the patient for the keyer design, that's excellent. Thanks for the QST info.
TNX Ray another good video as all way's Far as I know the SAS still use CW I managed to get the Morse Tutor Datong Model D70 Mint condition 73 de G6JMX
Hi Ray, if you ever get a few moments, it would be good to hear a few more pirate stories on medium wave. It seems ages since you last uploaded one of these.
Hi Mike, I must get myself moving and get some more pirate videos out there. The winter is a good time. You're right, it's been ages! Cheers for now, Ray.
Nice video. My Winter project is to learn the code. As a Foundation (10w) licence holder it will be a useful skill to know. I am resisting using the keys until I can head copy at about 12wpm. I have a Chinese Army K4 straight key and a Kent single paddle. Somewhere also I have a Chinese made brass Iambic double paddle key but God knows where that has gone.
I must admit that I have never used morse on the air, but I do have a few keys. The Datong D70 does sometimes send a non-standard character... but I have not listened to it for a while. A workmate taught me the morse for my test, he was ex Marconi marine, he did say he had tried an electronic key but with the pitching of the ship it was not great. I do listen from time to time but struggle at the speeds that were easy nearly 40 years ago.
I got into Morse by watching Public Broadcasting here in the USA. As I remember, he drove a red Jag MK II 3.4 litre. Ha Ha. Does anybody remember his first name????? Typing on a keyboard is called ASCII, not Morse.
Hi Ray I use the Brutish Army 19 set key not very well but it's an amazing key very responsive. Not connected but I thought I would throw it in. In the early 70s I remember owning a small transistor radio and at night with the selector dial full to the right I could get Ship to shore telephone all around the world. Loved it.
Hi Ray, what program do you use for decoding Morse? I tried a couple on my phone and they were not very good, so I'd like to try one that you recommend.
hi ray your "vibroplex " might actually be a WW2 US Military Lionel Key Type J36 (quite rare and worth north of £150) if not its either a vibroplex lightning or another copy as the base you say is wood or perhaps tufnel where the vibroplex's are usually on metal bases. The "bathtub" is a Czech soviet era Morseův klič. key .and the "Prijem" and arrow Prejem means reception or RX. The black american key is a Nye Viking probably from the early-mid 1970s. nice collection!
