[Elecraft] Re: microHAM CW Keyer

[Stewart Baker]

Many thanks for your reply Andy.
I am looking to replace a homebrew copy of the RigBlaster, but it seems to me 
that the microkeyer will do a lot more. Reading your reply I now think the you 
have the USB keyer.

73
Stewart G3RXQ

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:04:39 -0500, Andrew Catanzaro wrote:
> I purchased a microHAM CW Keyer and have had instant success with it
> connected to the K2/100 and KAT100.
>
> Although there is a dedicated cable for the K2, there was no K2 in the
> software radio pull-down menu.  I selected
> the Kenwood TS-2000 and changed the baud to 4000.  Both VFO's and the mode
> show up in the microHAM
> Router software and in my logging program.  The keyer is just excellent with
> the best Morse I've ever heard
> coming out of a computer.  It seems to have the excellent manual keying
> characteristics of my previously favorite
> keyer, the Idiom Press CMOS 4, but it is far superior in being RF proof.  I
> have had problems with the CMOS 4
> locking up when operating 100 watts with a vertical wire right outside my
> operating position.  The microHAM keyer
> doesn't mind this environs at all.  There is no issue with RS-232
> connectivity. 
>
> Andy W9NJY
> K2 2651
> KX1 1139