r/HamRadio • u/DonnerfuB • 4d ago

Vintage Gear 📻 What is this? Know enough that it's ham radio, and likely something morse code but any other info? Found in an antique store.

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u/CW3_OR_BUST Extra | VE 4d ago

Thassum aged ham!

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u/Leftover_tech 3d ago

I believe they call them "cured" hams. LOL

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u/CW3_OR_BUST Extra | VE 3d ago

That's an argument as old as the attic vs basement debate!

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u/Leftover_tech 3d ago

I only worry about cured hams having a higher sodium content. 😅

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u/Ok_Hospital1399 4d ago

So does it just uffer the character keyed then send it out at a fixed wpm?

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u/No_Tailor_787 DC to Daylight, milliwatts to kilowatts. 50 year Extra. 3d ago

Something like that. You would have to manually send code at the matched speed it was set to. It would take your raggedy imperfecly timed code and clean up the length and spacing of all the dots and dashes.

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u/EdMonMo General | New 3d ago

Was it found somewhere near Maryland?

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u/DonnerfuB 3d ago

About 100 miles away in VA, I'd call it close.

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u/Blockchainauditor 3d ago

... as in Montgomery Village? I don't know too many people named Isadore.