CW keys
New mini-J36 key arrives; RIP ‘5-Dit John’ …
Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 While I’ve been on a sales tear of late in regard to my CW key collection, I did do something a little unusual — I purchased a new key for my […]
CW keys
CW keys
DX Disappointment on the eve of Field Day 2022 ….
Friday, June 24, 2022 Starting with a positive note, the bag of 4-40 stainless steel machine screws I purchased on ebay arrived a couple of days ago. I quickly replaced the bent screws with new […]
CW keys
Filter? I hardly even knew ‘er !
Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 I’m enjoying spending some time each night in Studio C with my 1970s vintage station. If the CW band isn’t crowded, I’m just fine with my Kenwood TS-520S. I have the […]
CW keys
New iambic key arrives at the Zedman’s shack …
Thursay, Aug. 12, 2021 Since I took my Ten-Tec radios offline, I’m depending on my Tempo 2020 transceiver for my ham radio work from Studio C. I recently bought a new iambic key on eBay. […]
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Unexpected new addition to the Zed Man’s key collection …
May 9, 2021 Saturday’s mail included something of a surprise — a key I bought on eBay this week. Now if you’ve followed this blog any length of time, you know that I have more […]
CW keys
The Zed Man chronicles, April edition …
Thursday, April 29, 2021 Been a while since I posted here, so I thought I would offer an update of what I’ve been doing. For starters, precious little of my time the past couple of […]
CW keyer
Review: MX-K2 keyer offers features, thrifty value …
Saturday, March 20, 2021 With my upstairs radio shack (I have dubbed “Studio C”), I’ve found myself surrounded by classic and vintage transceivers that have one thing in common; not one of them has a […]
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Which Ten-Tec to sell? The question remains unanswered ….
Friday, March 6, 2021 After using the Ten-Tec Omni V with the N4PY chip upgrade for a while, I’ve finally learned about all the additional features the N4PY chip provides, literally making the radio almost […]
CW keys
Christmas comes early as new keys get ready to go live on-the-air …
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 Its been about a week since my last update, and I thought it is time to update my latest CW exploits. I’ve added a couple of new-to-me audio filters and a […]
CW keys
Long awaited Japanese keyer arrives …. from Europe??
Sunday Oct. 11, 2020 A long-awaited arrival to my Morse key collection arrived yesterday — finally — after a lengthy trip from the Netherlands: a Dentsu Seiki DA-1 electronic keyer. The keyer is based on […]