"Padraigh" wrote in message
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Is there, out there (preferably on the Net) any place I can acquire
plans/ schematic for a memory CW keyer to operate with a Radio Shack
HTX-100 xcvr as a 10-meter beacon?
Also, has anyone any experience with the MFJ-459 memory keyer,
especially in beacon operations?


You should look at the WE4S web site (10 meter beacon):
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/commun...upid=24395&ck=

Here is the K1EL K-ID Beacon / Identifier Chip (data sheet on web page)
http://k1el.tripod.com/kid.html

Other 10-meter beacons
http://members.mountain.net/~mtyler/beacon3.html

N2UHC beacon
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc_2/beacon.html

NorCal keyer used for N2UHC message - $ 15
http://www.amqrp.org/kits/NCKeyer/index.html

WA1RAJ
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/cdwalker/10mbeacon.html
In the mean time, the beacon is running with my old AEA memory keyer from
sometime in the mid-1980's as the dedicated controller. The transmitter in
play at the moment is an old Radio Shack HTX-100 10 Meter mobile radio, with
the output power level set at one watt and a small fan added to the final
amplifier heatsink for cooling.

WA8RD beacon
http://my.core.com/~wa8rc/beacon.htm

w9gb