Agreed; the Superkeyer III is a great little gizmo. It has only one
snag for me. It does not run in the "Ultimatic" mode; its iambic. For
those unfamiliar with the Ultimatic keyer of yesteryear, (12 tubes
and power supply in a small box); it used a twin paddle and the logic
was that the last contact closed took control, so you could send a
"3" or a "j" with a single squeeze. None of this annoying
didahdidahdididah stuff. I still have the tube version here,
but now I use the solid state Ultimate keyer from QST a few years
back. It does the same job, has auto character spacing as an option
and and uses a lot less power. It will even go iambic, if you insist.
Now if the authors would care to programme the Ultimatic logic into
the Superkeyer III as an option, I think it would be a real winner.
John G3JAG
On 16-Apr-99 Dale L. Martin wrote:
>
>> Anyone remember
>>what was being listed as keyer vendors over on QRP-L list?
>>
> Not really, but how about CMOS Superkeyer III? I have used II
> for a few years now and like it very much. I am now building III
> for the desk and II will be in the car permenantly. I recommend
> it highly and strongly.
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
>
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