[CW] Re: MFJ 495 Memory Keyer

[Kenneth Cooperstein]

"Mark Potter" <jbpmlp@comcast.net> wrote:
>I am thinking of buying the above.
>I would like to hear from anyone what they think about it.

I recently sold its predecessor, the 493 (I think).

They work as advertised.  However, I found that the current draw (around 300m) was too high for field use vs. say a CMOS-4 keyer.

So, if you are not in the field and want to use a keyboard, why not just use your PC and some freeware like CWType or Hamscope?

If you are in the field, why not consider a Palm PDA and the NJQRP serial sender?
http://www.njqrp.org/palmserialsender/index.html

Or you can go with the N0XAS picokeyer for under $20 and it fits in a mini Altoids box.

I guess where I came out was that these keyers were mainly for folks who wanted to use a keyboard but didn't have a PC.  If you are in this group, then it will do the job.

Ken KC2JDY