[BC] the Purple tube...

[Tom Bosscher]

Burt I. Weiner wrote:

> The purple tube is an OA2.  I had a bunch of them but I threw them 
> out.  They were all gassy.
>
    Burt, you're on today! When I was a wee little lad of 13, a novice 
and visiting all the way cool ham rigs in town, the Hallicrafters TO 
keyer was beyond belief. The 0A2 tube glowing in the back, the neon lamp 
a winking and blinking. And yes, I ought one off Ebay a few years ago to 
sit in my shack. Used it once, and went back to the internal keyer of 
the Elecraft K2, but the TO keyer with the LET (Light Emitting Tube) is 
too cool to put away.

          tom bosscher