I became a victim of this two months ago. My TR4CW was in cw mode. My straight key was sitting there and while I was outside my kitty kat laid down in front of the rig and was up against the key.
Fried 3 precious 6JB6¡¯s
Ronnie
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On Apr 8, 2025, at 11:23?AM, n4buq <n4buq@...> wrote:
?I have a Speedex key as well. I found that I like the blade turned over from the "normal?" way. It allows the blade to move a bit farther away from the other half of the switch and prevents me from accidentally closing it as much.
73,
Barry - N4BUQ
Many early rigs worked this way. I had a straight key with a built in
knife switch to lock key-down for transmitting in many modes.
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73 de Mike, W1NR
THAT was the equation. EXISTENCE!... SURVIVAL... must cancel out...
programming!
- Ruk -