Howard:

Now you're tempting me to get that old key out again. ... I still have one, 
but haven't sent with it since straight key night about 5 years ago. ... 
And, trust me,  it wasn't pretty!  (grin)

It's amazing too, because in my novice days, back in the early 1970's, I got 
pretty darn good with that straight key, and probably was able to send 15 to 
20 words per minute.

It's amazing how we get spoiled with the new technology of internal keyers 
and things like that.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: getting a continuous tone for tuning an antenna with the Ts480


> Well, their is a story about NASA trying to invent a pen that would write 
> in
> space.  They spent over a million dollars inventing this pen.
> The Rusians used a pencil.  It's very easy to over think with the
> technology.
> I have the key next to my external tuner and TW1.  I can also change to it
> instead of adjusting the internal keyer to work a slow station.
>