"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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Most CW computer programs are set up so that for transmission you set the
radio to CW mode and then run a line from a computer serial port to the
straight key jack on the radio. Therefore you are using an actual A1A
transmission. Right off hand, I don't know any CW programs that feed a
tone into the mic jack although I suppose there could be some out there.

Dee, N8UZE

Thanks Dee. I was thinking the situation was otherwise but I never really
looked into what people were actually doing with the hardware.

Here is a really simple A1A keyer for non-hams (it seems to be aimed at
kids) that ressurrects Morse and even encourages them to memorize it rather
than building a Morse decoder on the other end. You use it to transmit from
your serial port directly to the AM commercial band (10000 Khs) and the
other side listens on a commerical AM radio. Any guesses as to the range? I
suppose it is legal due the ultra low power. Yes, it is elementary...but
seems more like being like a "ham" than some of today's licensed amateurs
:-))

Other than enjoying high growth with the disabled, is the future of Morse
with young non-Ham experimenters?

http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/...ansmitter.html