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@QuietRadioOperator1 🤔 I made a spring using this old #straightkey as a model. The spring is shaped like a safety pin. #cw #morsecode #telegraph

Old brass straight telegraph key with a tension spring that looks like a safety pin. The base has two screws that can be used to mount the key to a table with the brass wing nuts.

Close up of the Old brass straight telegraph key showing the tension spring that looks like a safety pin.

Side view of my Old brass straight telegraph key with a tension spring that looks like a safety pin. The base has two screws that can be used to mount the key to a table with the brass wing nuts.

Development idea. Spoof #straightkey #cw #keyer

Many years back I wrote some phototypesetter code to spoof hand typed text for folk who wanted to pretend they had a secretary: variable weight, not all on the base line, some letter pairs closer than others.

I'm not still writing code but consider a keyer with an imposed, customised #fist, with just enough randomisation to look human.

Just for a giggle

"Every operator develops a distinctive style of sending so that he can be recognized readily by those who work with him constantly. [...] Mr. S., a dispatcher of much experience, works daily with forty or fifty men and states that, after hearing four or five words, he can readily recognize the sender, or be sure that he is not one of his men."

Bryan and Harter (1897) [https://grants.hhp.uh.edu/clayne/HistoryofMC/Bryan&Harter-1897.pdf]

#CW #CWfist #straightkey

Spending Saturday afternoon with the Straight Key Century Club #SKCC WES 11 08 2025 @skccgroup #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Morsecode #CW #Straightkey #TelegraphKey

https://youtu.be/rulRWwScOL0?si=wFUL8hm6FyD3cumX via @YouTube

I joined today's "AGCW-Handtastenparty" 🥳 on the 40-meter band using my Navy FP.
Participation seemed a bit limited, but it was a lot of fun, and I ended up making 27 nice straight key QSOs.💪

#cw #cwoperator #hamradio #morse #navy #junker #straightkey #handhubtaste #a1a #hamradiooperator

KD7DTS rocking the straight key on W7O/CS-195: https://youtube.com/shorts/7I9KLu6S0LI

#MorseCode #StraightKey #HamRadio #SummitsOnTheAir #SOTA

This Sunday's "Cup of Joe Patio" was at sunrise, tackling some #QRP @Youkits #HB1B #putikeeg Mini #Straightkey @SKCCgroup #SKCCgroup #SKCC #WES #AmateurRadio #HamRado #MorseCode CW

QRP Amateur Radio Transceiver and Morse Code Key

We are going vertical on today's Cup of Joe Patio with the @buddipole as a #buddistick on 20m for the @skccgroup #skcc #QSO Party and #ft891 #bencher #straightkey #amateurradio #hamradio CW #morsecode

Tomorrow is EuCW Straight Key Day from 8:00 to 22:00 UTC. I would be glad to work some fellow fedihams!

https://www.eucw.org/euskd.html

#cw #hamradio #straightkey #Amateurfunk

It always fun to come back to the mode which got me started in #AmateurRadio #hamradio. I try not to stray too far from a #StraightKey #BencherKey #MorseCode CW #QSO during the N2J Special Event on 05292025 I like to dance with the one I came to the party with

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https://youtu.be/5-Tp3o8MJjI

@KE2AEQ probably more like “right on.” Something you can only do with a #straightkey

A break in the rain allowed for a quick Early Bird CW #MorseCode #MorseCodePaddle #PutikeegMini #Straightkey #POTA #parksontheair activation. Thanks Howie #AC4FS Gary #W5GDW #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

I had a nice short rag chew with Cainan N9FZ who may know @N4JAW since he had an inspiring video of Jim on his QRZ page.
#qrp #cw #straightkey #AmateurRadio #mtr3bv4 @lnrprecision

I went for a #POTA activation at #plantenunblomen today. The conditions for shortwave contacts were a little rough due to a magnetic storm. Still I managed to get 39 QSOs into the logbook. Worked SSB and CW.

#amateurradio #hamradio #ParksOnTheAir #straightkey #morsecode

Azimuthal map showing all contacts of today's activation. Mainly contacts across Europe and one QSO into the USA.

Me sitting in a chair in the park. Paper logs on the lap. The transceiver is sitting on the armrest. In the background one can see the vertical antenna.

First person view of my activation setting. The CW Morse straight key is on the right armrest. Transceiver on the left.

I went for a nice after work #POTA activation in the Stadtpark in Hamburg yesterday. Worked 20 stations on 18, 21 and 28Mhz. All were #morse code #cw contacts. It's nice that is is bright out for longer after the switch to daylight savings time.

#amateurRadio #hamRadio #ParksOnTheAir #straightKey

an azimutal map projection centered on Hamburg, Germany. There are green dots indicating the location of the stations worked during the parks on the air activation. Stations across europe, the united states as well as japan.

a photo of the stadtpark see in Hamburg during sunset

A photo of amateur radio equipment sitting on top of a pick-nick table. There is a transceiver, headphones, paper logbook, the morse key, a black backpack and a bike helmet.

PI Day #QRP CW #MorseCode #POTA #parksontheair activation with @qrplabs #QCXmini #putikeegmini #Straightkey One leg of @Tuftelndotnet #tufteln 40/20 Linked #EFHW. Don't be befuddled by current #spaceweather. In the U.S it is time to be more concerned about #severeweather "Tis The Season" #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

Early UTC a.m. @skccgroup #SKCCgroup CW #MorseCode #qso with #N9FZ Cainan. Decided to work on gaining #SKCC Centurion, Tribune, & Senator status. Likely got enough from last year for all but don't feel like going through all my logs .I start over and complete all in 2025. I need more #straightkey #Bug and #Cootie work

https://youtu.be/6R1ViOR5vWc

I'm a BIG Fan of Leg Straps for CW #MorseCode #paddles & #Keys. Jonathan #KM4CFT has come up with one that is perfect for my Mini #Putikeeg #Straightkey #AmateurRadio #Hamradio #POTA #SOTA

https://qrper.com/2025/02/new-antenna-and-leg-strap-from-km4cft/

Here's your Friday reminder for the #K1USN SST (Slow Speed Contest) from 20:00 - 21:00 UTC today. EASY SIMPLE format of Name & State to ease your FEAR, APPREHENSION & InTIMIDATION of #CW #MorseCode #AmateurRadio #hamradio #StraightKey #TelegraphKey

Had a great Friday afternoon during the K1USN Slow Speed Contest SST Even had a QSo with the #K1USN SST Event Station Here's a few of those QSOs CW #MorseCode #AmateurRadio #hamradio #StraightKey

https://youtu.be/eAaU31jwPo0

#straightkey

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