[1000mp] FH-1

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

At 07:05 -0600 04_07_2003, Brian Wood wrote:
>I just bought an FH-1 keypad that I intended to use as a contest keyer, and
>when I try to use it as such on my MkV, the CW memories seem to overwrite
>each other. I can't get it to work reliably. Has anyone else seen this
>problem? Is it a bad FH-1 or a bad MkV? (Yes, I have set the menu option to
>"keyer".)
>
>Brian, W0DZ

A lot of people have told you "it doesn't work" and no one seems to 
have offered suggestions on making it work correctly, so here goes:

First thing to remember: memories 1 and 2 are only 20 characters in 
length. If you try to write a message of more than 20 characters, you 
_are_ going to get into the next memory. Of that pair, I only use 
memory 1, and I only use _it_ when I need an automatically updated 
serial number message.

I've found that trying to put even short messages in both memories 1 
and 2  results in messages overwritten. Using one or the other of 
them by itself seems to work OK.

Memories #5 through #8 are all 50 characters in length, and so are 
more suitable for the longer messages. When I'm using the built-in 
keyer, I normally only use memories 5 through 8, and I have no 
problem with the keyer operation.

If I'm in a contest that requires a serial number, then and only then 
do I use memory number 1.

The suggestion to use Iambic 2 for keyer programming is a good one; I 
normally switch to Iambic 2 to program my messages and then back to 
Iambic 1 for normal operation.

I have had no problems using the FH-1 and the built-in keyer, keeping 
the above information in mind. I think that you should be able to 
have the same successful experience.

Hope this helps.

73,
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