I've got two pk-232's sitting here that haven't been used for a few years if anyone wants one I'll ship 'em anywhere. let me know what you think they're worth.
Harv Nelson, N9AI Washburn, WI On 12/30/06, Dave Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In RTTY mode, WinWarbler can run a soundcard RTTY engine (MMTTY) in parallel with an external RTTY modem like your AEA232MBX, a KAM, an MFJ RTTY modem, or an SCS multimode controller. This can be used in two useful ways: 1. to provide diversity decoding, which can improve your copy of RTTY DX in poor conditions 2. to simultaneously copy a RTTY DX station operating split and his or her pileup, accelerating detection of the DX station's QSX frequency 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In [email protected] <digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>, "AD5VJ Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have had an AEA 232MBX, in fact two of them, for quite some time now. > > I used to use them all the time for RTTY and packet, but I am wondering if these units no longer any good for Ham Radio, because of > the advent of Computers, the Digital Software for RTTY and Telnet for spotting and the passing away of PACTOR I. > > I know I can get upgrades for them for soundcard, ect. But is there any use in doing that since I run soundcard applications from > the computer. Are they of more advantage than the sound card on my computer or would I be wasting my time, money and effort? > > Can someone tell me if these are good for *anything* viable these days or is it true that they are just dinosaurs now? > > I cant understand how they are still being sold at such high prices new, if they are of no use, I just don't know what to use them > for that would be useful. > > Thanks > Bob AD5VJ >
