[Elecraft] CW Readers and CW Keyboards.

[James T. "Jim" Rogers]

KQ4BY wrote: "Has anyone used a CW Reader and/or CW keyboard with the K1?  I
would be
interested in hearing about your experiences.."

OM,
	CW readers are a compromise to be sure, the pocket sized ones as the MFJ
unit soon to come up for sale lack good filtering, one of the more
sophisticated units can produce acceptable results under "reasonable"
conditions, i.e. moderately quiet band, and no nearby strong interference.
The PLL used to demodulate the signal will lock on to the strongest signal.
I have used an old MFJ TNC that offered CW, SSB etc in the bargain with some
success, but abandoned it as I finally got my CW acuity up to the point
where I can copy a call sign in my head at 30wpm. Now if some LID tries to
burn me out, I just move on to a kinder gentler soul.
	There is a reader program that seems to do about as well as my TNC and that
is CWGET. Plug your receiver audio in to your sound card with appropriate
attention to levels etc. It is a free trial so download it and try it out. I
has a nice graphic display..... www.dxsoft.com/en/products/cwget/


73, Jim W4ATK
K2/100 #4028