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, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.. > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > You must subscribe to post. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): > http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com -- 73, Brian VE7NGR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
