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Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?
Thanks,
- aTc
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In <1gmc725g6t2dmqhk2n3ihpfhpjgd78h3ll@4ax.com> ATCommander <atcommander@adventureteam.com> writes:

Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?

The one best suited under all but very rare really QRM- and QSB-free situations is the one between your ears. Extremely portable and for free,
too.

73, Eddi ._._.
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Funny, Ed...
...I haven't copied code in a LOT of years and will be operatingQRP
portable in a public place (potentially with a bunch of cub scouts
standing around watching). Having a backup for the morse reader
between my old ears seems prudent under the circumstances... (and I
can always claim I was using it for THEIR convenience). I might be
old, but I'm still sly. Now how about a recommendation for a morse
reader? Any experience with the $79 MFJ reader? Any others out
there?
- ATC


On Fri, 26 May 2006 16:11:31 GMT, ehramm@dk3uz.ampr.org (Edmund H.
Ramm) wrote:

In <1gmc725g6t2dmqhk2n3ihpfhpjgd78h3ll@4ax.com> ATCommander <atcommander@adventureteam.com> writes:

Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?

The one best suited under all but very rare really QRM- and QSB-free
situations is the one between your ears. Extremely portable and for free, >too.

73, Eddi ._._.

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ehramm@dk3uz.ampr.org (Edmund H. Ramm) wrote in
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In <1gmc725g6t2dmqhk2n3ihpfhpjgd78h3ll@4ax.com> ATCommander <atcommander@adventureteam.com> writes:

Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?

The one best suited under all but very rare really QRM- and
QSB-free
situations is the one between your ears. Extremely portable and for
free, too.

My sentiments exactly!

I made one once that wasn't too bad. If I could get a strong signal into
it, it would copy it. But it had no ear for fists. I put it on 80m one
night and copied this guy calling CQ for a bit. The computer printed NNGT NNGT NNGT DE and his callsign, which I forget.
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On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:21:20 -0500, ATCommander
<atcommander@adventureteam.com> wrote:

Funny, Ed...
...I haven't copied code in a LOT of years and will be operatingQRP
portable in a public place (potentially with a bunch of cub scouts
standing around watching). Having a backup for the morse reader
between my old ears seems prudent under the circumstances... (and I
can always claim I was using it for THEIR convenience). I might be
old, but I'm still sly. Now how about a recommendation for a morse
reader? Any experience with the $79 MFJ reader? Any others out
there?
- ATC

I bought the MFJ reader about a year ago for a friend. HRO told me if
I brought it back without the package being destroyed I could get a
refund and was informed that most of these are returned.
In my experience skip the MFJ reader, it will save you some
disappointment.
Don KK6J
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Ouch!
Anybody got a recommendation for a better one?
Tnx,
-atc

In my experience skip the MFJ reader, it will save you some
disappointment.
Don KK6J

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CwGet seems to be popular. I have downloaded it but have not evaluated
it.

My experience back in the 1980's was that machines receive cw best
when it is cw generated.

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

de W8CCW John

On Thu, 25 May 2006 20:30:04 -0500, ATCommander
<atcommander@adventureteam.com> wrote:

Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?
Thanks,
- aTc

John Ferrell W8CCW
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I meant to say:
My experience back in the 1980's was that machines receive cw best
when it is machine generated.

On Sun, 28 May 2006 18:17:57 GMT, John Ferrell
<johnferrell@sprintmail.com> wrote:

CwGet seems to be popular. I have downloaded it but have not evaluated
it.

My experience back in the 1980's was that machines receive cw best
when it is cw generated.

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

de W8CCW John

On Thu, 25 May 2006 20:30:04 -0500, ATCommander ><atcommander@adventureteam.com> wrote:

Looking for portable and cheap.
Anybody got any recommendations?
Thanks,
- aTc

John Ferrell W8CCW

John Ferrell W8CCW
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John Ferrell wrote:

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

If you just want a practice tool, Just Learn Morse Code might be suitable -
it has an option for displaying characters as they are sent.
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73 de LB3KB, Sigurd
http://justlearnmorsecode.com


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Nope, looking for a code reader that non-hams can watch (and also act
as a check on my ancient code skills).
Thanks, though.
- aTC

On Mon, 29 May 2006 20:13:52 +0200, "Sigurd Stenersen"
<sigurds@utvikling.com> wrote:

John Ferrell wrote:

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

If you just want a practice tool, Just Learn Morse Code might be suitable - >it has an option for displaying characters as they are sent.

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...I meant to add "and I won't have an option to have a laptop along
to run software - it'd need to be self-contained."
I'm not sure the MFJ unit has any real competition, bad though it may
be.
- atc
On Mon, 29 May 2006 20:13:52 +0200, "Sigurd Stenersen"
<sigurds@utvikling.com> wrote:

John Ferrell wrote:

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

If you just want a practice tool, Just Learn Morse Code might be suitable - >it has an option for displaying characters as they are sent.

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ATCommander wrote:

On Mon, 29 May 2006 20:13:52 +0200, "Sigurd Stenersen" <sigurds@utvikling.com> wrote:

John Ferrell wrote:

It is a constant battle for me to keep my code speed up to a usable
point. I know part of it is a hearing problem. I was hoping that it
would be helpful to assist as a learning tool, but it is just
displaying the character when the next on is being received. That
seems to confuse my aging brain!

If you just want a practice tool, Just Learn Morse Code might be
suitable - it has an option for displaying characters as they are
sent.

Nope, looking for a code reader that non-hams can watch (and also act
as a check on my ancient code skills).

Well, I wasn't responding to you here anyway, and that would be pretty
obvious if you could be bothered with reading before replying...


Sigurd


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John Ferrell wrote:

CwGet seems to be popular. I have downloaded it but have not evaluated
it.

I like "ham scope".... last time i tried CwGet it just crashed my
windows 2000 computer over and over and over
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It does run on my machine. I feel I need more time with it to comment
further.
The program "Just Learn Morse Code" sounds real good too. I need to
give it a serious chance. If it works for me like it has for some it
will be a miracle. I believe the aging process forms cartilage between
the ears.

de W8CCW John

On Wed, 31 May 2006 01:29:57 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote:

John Ferrell wrote:

CwGet seems to be popular. I have downloaded it but have not evaluated
it.

I like "ham scope".... last time i tried CwGet it just crashed my
windows 2000 computer over and over and over

John Ferrell W8CCW
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I can recommend this one: http://www.pi4zlb.nl/Zelfbouw/CWreader.html
but you have to build it yourself.
Jelle PE1EAM

"ATCommander" <atcommander@adventureteam.com> wrote in message news:584i721s29g7j85sntqgld77sk83e1hq38@4ax.com...

Ouch!
Anybody got a recommendation for a better one?
Tnx,
-atc

In my experience skip the MFJ reader, it will save you some
disappointment.
Don KK6J

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Jelle PE1EAM wrote:

I can recommend this one: http://www.pi4zlb.nl/Zelfbouw/CWreader.html
but you have to build it yourself.

Can you recommend a web site that will translate that one to English?
Google can't see to do it.
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Chris W
KE5GIX

Gift Giving Made Easy
Get the gifts you want &
give the gifts they want
One stop wish list for any gift,
from anywhere, for any occasion!
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Well, I wasn't responding to you here anyway, and that would be pretty >obvious if you could be bothered with reading before replying..

Sorry.
Thought it was a thread on a topic, not a chat room.
Objection noted.
Killfile.
Thanks.
-atc
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