[1000mp] Keyer question on Mark V Field

Mike Schatzberg cherokeehillfarm at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 27 17:39:24 EDT 2007


Hello Bruno:

Check the mode your MkV keyer is working in, and change it to the other one,
and see if the problem persists.

Seems to me there can be a bug in one of the two working modes.

Let me know what happens, thanks,

73,

Mike
W2AJI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruno Treguier" <Bruno.Treguier at shom.fr>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] Keyer question on Mark V Field


> Lou wrote:
> > Hi Bruno,
> >
> > I uncovered a couple of bugs in the memory keyer of my MkV but nothing
like
> > you describe.  If I had to guess, I would say it's most likely something
> > weird with the paddles...maybe contamination on the contacts, shorting
> > wires, misadjusted pivots...  I'd try another set of paddles and
carefully
> > go over the MFJ ones.
> >
> > Lou W7HV
>
> Hi Lou, and thanks for this answer. I was already considering buying
> another key anyway, so this way I'll be sure of what is really going
> wrong. I cleaned the contacts carefully a few weeks ago, hoping that it
> would be sufficient, but it wasn't, obviously. The pivots are correctly
> adjusted and are in front of each other. I also fiddled with the cable
> while transmitting, but to no avail...
>
> Ok so I'm now going to innocently make a few suggestions to my wife as
> to what kind of present she could buy me for Christmas... ;-)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bruno
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