[Coco] Look what Daniel got his scrubby dirty hands on.

[Louis Ciotti]

Here is a link to a similar device for the TI-99.

ftp://whtech.com/datasheets%20and%20manuals/Hardware/hamsoft%20manual.pdf

>From the screen shot it is more than just a CW keyer.  It looks like it will do AMTOR, RTTY, and some sort of ASCII as well .

On Feb 23, 2014, at 09:49 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 23 February 2014 09:39:15 Juan Castro did opine:
>
>> Some googling told me this is a ham radio interface, and another guy on
>> the list, Alexandre Souza, informed us that's a Brazilian clone of the
>> original Kantronics board. (Heh, they didn't even bother to translate
>> the messages.)
>> https://plus.google.com/photos/+DanielCampos/albums/5983577070992272817
>>  
>> I know nothing of ham radio. How is this supposed to plug into the
>> radio? Is something like a modem needed in addition to that?
>> Juan
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>
> Note, neither hand here is any where near a bible so I'm not swearing to
> anything..
>
> I believe that is an interface for sending and receiving morse code,
> although it could probably be re-programmed to work with a full 8 bit wide
> data path. To send, it replaces the keyer, and to receive, it could be
> listening to the BFO output from the radios speaker circuit. One thing is
> certain, its old. The radio operator of course needs a ham license of a
> suitable class before you can "press the key" and transmit.
>
> Relatively famous in its day, I've no clue how useful it could be today as
> I am not a ham, although some would argue that point :), but a retired
> broadcast engineer.
>
> Cheers, Gene
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