"Dick Carroll;" wrote in message ...
Brian Kelly wrote:

You're a good candidate for one of the quick-up portable HF antenna
packages. Run a search on "DK9SQ", I've heard they're pretty decent.
Also check http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/75


Maybe a St Louis Vertical?

You bet. Nice compact portable package, sets up anywhere in ten
minutes, easy to tune anywhere in the HF spectrum, etc. Short
verticals will deliver the goods rumors to the contrary. Given some
decent operating smarts and patience. A local here has worked well
over 200 countries mobiling with goofy little three foot Hamsticks.

Dunno anybody who has a Ramsey keyer but both of my MFJ keyers work
fine with every Kenwood rig I've used it with including a TS-950, a
TS-440 FD clunker, my TS-940 and TS-50 and also my Yaesu FT-847 and an
ancient hybrid FT-101.

I wonder if he tried reversing the polarity of the keyer's output.

Beats me. I've had and/or used a gazillion keyer/rig combinations and
I've never had the kind of problems he's described going back to
cathode keying days. Somethin' ain't right at KC2ELS . . .

Dick

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