[600MRG] QRSS CW Keyer

[K2ORS]

Frank,

   I have been using the K1EL K-40 and K-42 keyers for some time now, they 
have non-volatile memory and will come back up in beacon mode after a power 
drop (if you set it up that way).
http://www.hamcrafters2.com/

   I  have another programmable QRSS keyer but at the moment I forget the 
name and I'm not in a position at the moment to go look at it.

73 Warren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Lotito" <k3dz at live.com>
To: "600 / 630 Meter Group" <600mrg at w7ekb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:41 PM
Subject: [600MRG] QRSS CW Keyer


> ref:  http://www.kent-engineers.com/codespeed.htm
>
> I am looking for a few Internet references on home brewed circuits, or 
> kits which are designed for sending CW at QRSS speeds, e.g., 1,3,10,etc 
> seconds per dot.
>
> I do own the Unified Microsystems XT-4B CW Beacon Keyer and MFJ 452 
> keyboard keyer.  They are both definitely suitable and reliable for beacon 
> keying at speeds of 5 WPM and greater. For my QRSS sending interests I use 
> a very old Windows XP laptop running ON7YD's QRS program.  The XT-4B and 
> MFJ-452 manufacturers indicate that there is no practical way to S-L-O-W 
> D-O-W-N  their products to QRSS speeds.
>
> To streamline my system, I'd like to replace the laptop with a keying 
> device suitable for QRSS speeds, whose memory is reprogrammable, but 
> non-volatile when the power is turned off, and will auto-start when power 
> is turned back on.
>
> Besides a computer running ON7YD's program (and similar QRSS programs) 
> what else might be available?  Going back to my college years when digital 
> logic circuits were still made from discrete components using mostly 
> "hollow-state" devices, I vaguely recall   something called a "ring 
> counter" where you could trap a message.  I believe the incremental 
> circuits were RST flip-flops...?  That's obscured by the fog of time -
>
> Thanks and 73 Frank K3DZ / WH2XHA
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