The Eico keyer is quite the equal of the much more recognized Hallicrafter's TO Keyer and the Heathkit HD-1410 (I have several of each) and gets quite good reviews on eHam and some other sites. I did manage (finally) to get a good clean and readable schematic from RadioMuseum.org (they have a manual by I didn't download that) and I broke down and purchased a manual on eBay from GlenDaleManuals for $7.99 - sample on eBay page looked nice and clean - we'll see how that turns out. Now to get a bit of time to put the 717 on the bench and see what I have. Very nice and clean on the outside and the price - well, I couldn't walk away from it for sure! I would love to replace the electrolytics at a minimum (3 total - one 3-section and 2 separate ones). Should be a nice addition to the ham shack. The output is through a reed relay so probably not a mercury wetted one.
Bob, WA2CKY On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Rob Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting. I didn't know anyone but Hallicrafters had a tube > electronic keyer on the market after the TO Keyer came out. I can > make out enough from the unusable schematic to see some design > similarities. I wonder if they also used a mercury wetted relay. > Snazzy cabinet design. > > 73 > > Rob > K5UJ > > On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Bob Groh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Picked up a nice Eico 717 keyer to match up with my Eico 720 and, before > I > > dig into it, I need a decent copy of the schematic. An electronic copy > > would be fine or the loan of a paper original would be delightful. I do > > have a djvu copy from BAMA of the manual but the schematic has many > > unreadable areas. Everything else I can find on the web seems to be the > > same djvu copy! > > > > And, yes, I am aware of the many fine manual reproduction guys out there > > and that may be where I have to go. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Bob Groh, WA2CKY > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Boatanchors mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF > > ** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com ** > > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > _______________________________________________ Boatanchors mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
