[Elecraft] CW Readers and CW Keyboards.

[Brian Mury]

I agree. I have a PK-232MBX which will send and receive CW. It will work
with a reasonably strong signal and a good fist, but if the signal is
weak or the fist is a bit sloppy, it decodes mostly gibberish.

I did find it useful when learning to send CW. I set my rig up so that I
got a sidetone but it didn't transmit. Depending on the rig, this
usually means turning off break-in or VOX; on the K2 you can put it in
"test" mode with the VOX button. You could also hook up the audio from a
practice oscillator. Then I could send code, and it the PK-232 would
decode it. If my fist got sloppy, it would be obvious. 


On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 05:27, rckchp at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi Larry & group,
> 
> Don't waste your money. I bought the MFJ 461....its very tricky to adjust it
> to display anything but gibberish. It only works for strong signals of
> nearly perfectly sent code on an otherwise quiet band. If  you can hear
> other signals near your listening frequency, so can the 461 and it will be
> "confused", it can't discriminate different tones and lock onto one signal
> so it won't work on crowded bands.
> 
> Having said all the above, if you are not put off from buying one.....I
> intend to sell mine on ebay soon.....it will have a "buy it now" price of
> $50.00. You can have it for that price. Its in good shape, little used and I
> have the instructions that came with it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich  K2CPE
> K2 #1102
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Keith" <kq4by at rocketmail.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] CW Readers and CW Keyboards.
> 
> 
> > Has anyone used a CW Reader and/or CW keyboard with the K1?  I would be
> > interested in hearing about your experiences..
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > KQ4BY
> >
> > K1 - 1884, under construction..
> 
> 
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73, Brian
VE7NGR