Chuck Broadwell, W5UXH

79, Male

Las Cruces, NM

United States

Profile Information:

Your Call Sign
W5UXH
How many years have you been performing QRQ CW
Around 30-45 years
What speed do you like to run QRQ CW
45 to 65 on kbd; sometimes can handle 70 on kbd; can only handle up to 35 or 40 on paddle if feeling fresh
Your favorite key, paddle or bug
Begali Graciella (on loan courtesy of K6KX)
Your favorite cw keyboard
Homebrew, ChipKit / PIC32 uProc with PS-2 keys; Combined keyer + keyboard
Your favorite cw sending software
none
Your Rig, Antenna and RF Power
K3, KPA500, KAT500, very poor low CF wire fed with window line, center at about 18 feet, ends 3 feet, also 6-BTV
Your QSK preferences
100% QSK, (must be able to hear a break between characters at 60 wpm to be happy); I probably have not operated non qsk since late 1960 (licensed in June 1960)
Your favorite headphones or speakers for listening to cw
cheap Radio Shack headset, MFJ-281 speakers
What has been your most effective way of training practice, to copy and send qrq cw
Never did "train", just had qsos for past 54 years

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  • Chuck aa0hw

    Hi Chuck, 

    Was wondering if you could tell us a bit more about your experience with your

    Graciella paddle...

    Jul 4, 2011

  • Chuck Broadwell, W5UXH

    Mar 2012 Keyer Project Update:  I recently ordered a quantity of blank PCBs for the keyer. Chuck (the other one, AA0HW) offered to place an ad somewhere on the site but I have not gotten around to getting that formal.  I did make a few comments on the photos to let people know I have the PCBs and programmed chips available, as well as a few assembled keyers, in case anyone is interested.  You can find my email address on QRZ.  Documentation is here:

    https://sites.google.com/site/w5uxhatmega328pkeyerkbd/home

    Apr 2, 2012

  • Chuck Broadwell, W5UXH

    Chuck V. recently sent me an email that had a link that led me to another embedded processor board that looks interesting:  http://mbed.org/handbook/mbed-NXP-LPC1768

    I have ordered one to play with.  It is sort of like an Arduino on steroids (I read that somewhere, it is not original with me).  One strange thing is that the software development IDE is online where the Arduino IDE is installed on your machine.  

    The processor chip on the mbed board includes a USB sub-assembly so it should be possible to implement a keyboard working from USB keys.  My last attempt at that ended up combining an embedded Linux board with the AVR keyer (mentioned elsewhere on here).  It was a fun project, but a bit complex.

    Even the mbed board would be overkill for a keyer, but might be fun also.

    Apr 2, 2012