[CW] nonIambic keyer option -followup

[K4BEV at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/05 11:08:43 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
mrwood at attglobal.net writes:

Previously I asked about a "nonIambic" keyer option. I explained that I  
would 
like my Kent dual paddle to operate as if it was a single paddle  --that is, 
no extra dits or dahs with a squeeze, keyer sends dits or dahs  depending on 
which paddle was pressed first.

I want to thank those  of you who responded both on and off the list. I have 
done some looking  and tried a few things and have some conclusions to share.

1) Although  none of the contemporary memory keyers available appear to have 
such an  option (i.e. Jackson Harbor PK4, Logikey, K1EL, N0XAS Picokeyer, 
CWTouch  keyer), the MFJ-492 (or 493) does have a "non-Iambic" option. I have 
not  tried the MFJ but I see no reason why it would not work. Perhaps one of  
you who have this keyer can try the non-iambic  option.




I just tried turning the Iambic mode off on an MFJ-490. It works as  
explained in Mike's first paragraph above.
I like it and may leave it this way... Sort-of... Mine will not maintain  
memory settings when its turned off and just sits there and buzzes when its  
first turned on. If I hold down the "MENU" button it works fine and will work as  
it should if I turn it off and back on in a short period of time. Turning it 
off  for like 10 minutes causes the problem to repeat.
 
Anyone seen and fixed this problem??
 
73, Don - K4BEV