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MFJ Multi-Reader
I had a HAMfriend of mine over here the other night playing around with all the
equipment in here (no stupid replies please) and he grabbed the new Pop Comm and he told me what he wanted to get, he's told me this over ten times before....lol. But he was pointing out the piece in the subject line. I was at R&L Electronics over a year ago and had it in my hand and was going to get it, but the guy behind the counter didn't give it glowing reviews, actually he said a friend of his had owned one but could never get a 'solid copy' hence no decoding. My thinking after I left was "I should have got it, his friend more than likely didn't know what he was doing." Does anyone in here actually own one of these or have or been in the presence of one and watched it work? If so, do you think this is a nice addition to have in the shack? I told my friend that I'd ask in here and see what you all have to say about it. Myself, I like the look and I'd love to be able to decode those noises I here, personally- I think the price is a little steep- if I remember right, they have 'raised' the price another $10.00 compared to a couple years back. Thanks :-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
they always know! If your playing CW. you get some one who goes past your/my
5wpm barrier, you think I will turn the reader on. about 5 mins later they ask, you got a reader? you say yes, they say thought so. Seems they old CW opps just speed up, until you cant read them any more,,, if you use a reader they cant loose you, so always suss you in the end. Only because you can still copy them...... The PC readers are spot on, it has to be similar technology. have you tried CWGET? http://www.dxsoft.com/micwget.htm |
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"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message ... I had a HAMfriend of mine over here the other night playing around with all the equipment in here (no stupid replies please) and he grabbed the new Pop Comm and he told me what he wanted to get, he's told me this over ten times before....lol. But he was pointing out the piece in the subject line. I was at R&L Electronics over a year ago and had it in my hand and was going to get it, but the guy behind the counter didn't give it glowing reviews, actually he said a friend of his had owned one but could never get a 'solid copy' hence no decoding. My thinking after I left was "I should have got it, his friend more than likely didn't know what he was doing." Does anyone in here actually own one of these or have or been in the presence of one and watched it work? If so, do you think this is a nice addition to have in the shack? I told my friend that I'd ask in here and see what you all have to say about it. Myself, I like the look and I'd love to be able to decode those noises I here, personally- I think the price is a little steep- if I remember right, they have 'raised' the price another $10.00 compared to a couple years back. Thanks :-) I used to have a MFJ-1224 or 25. Cant remember? But it worked ok. You can get em pretty cheap at swaps and on Ebay $25-50. Make sure it has the software with it. -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
Works fine for RTTY. Not so good for CW. Of course that's also true for
just about any decoder I have used. -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html "GO BEARCATS" wrote in message ... Does anyone in here actually own one of these or have or been in the presence of one and watched it work? If so, do you think this is a nice addition to have in the shack? |
they always know! If your playing CW. you get some one who goes past your/my
5wpm barrier, you think I will turn the reader on. about 5 mins later they ask, you got a reader? you say yes, they say thought so. Seems they old CW opps just speed up, until you cant read them any more,,, if you use a reader they cant loose you, so always suss you in the end. Only because you can still copy them...... Simple Simon, I don't know how to say this other than just come out and say it, but I didn't understand a thing you said. Maybe because I've been up all night but your reply looked like I needed that decoder. ;-) The PC readers are spot on, it has to be similar technology. have you tried CWGET? http://www.dxsoft.com/micwget.htm Now I understand this, and I KNEW someone would say something like that. I KNOW there are PC readers, I am inquiring about what is written in the *Subject Line.* Thanks anyhow. ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
I think you are talking about the mfj-461? If so, I do have one. It
works OK. I would not give it glowing reviews either though. It's has *******rest of good reply snipped********* OK, I'll make note of that. Boy, that's close though -6 out of 10. If you'd have said 7 out of 10 or 5 out of 10 Other than that it seems to work OK. Just OK? Sorry to push here, but why "other than that it seems to work OK." {?} What is lacking (in your opinion) that didn't make you say "OH yeah DX, you gotta get that piece, it really helps out." lolol Almost the same reaction as the guy at R&L. Thanks for your reply.:-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
But it worked ok
Welp, that's the second *OK*......and if I were fixing to get it and I heard what I heard at R&L and then two back to back "OK's"....I wouldn't buy it. You can get em pretty cheap at swaps and on Ebay $25-50. Make sure it has the software with it. BUT - this part is better. For something just *OK*......you pay just an OK price. Actually $50.00 IMO is too much for something to be OK. Then you have to worry about software with it, has it been dinged up etc. etc. I'll tell him what I think, he's a big boy, he can do what he wants. I'd pay fifty if I absolutely KNEW without a doubt that the software works just like it was supposed to and the decoder itself did also. Other than that, it's not worth IMO, I think MFJ gives you 30 days to check it out. Thanks ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
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"pickled tuna" wrote in message ... On 23 May 2004 09:30:44 GMT, (GO BEARCATS) wrote: But it worked ok Welp, that's the second *OK*......and if I were fixing to get it and I heard what I heard at R&L and then two back to back "OK's"....I wouldn't buy it. You can get em pretty cheap at swaps and on Ebay $25-50. Make sure it has the software with it. What software? Are we talking about the same item? Mine uses no software other than what may be in firmware. Tracy Thats all I'm talking about. I just can't remember if there was anything special about it (firmware)and it may be hard to find? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message ... But it worked ok Welp, that's the second *OK*......and if I were fixing to get it and I heard what I heard at R&L and then two back to back "OK's"....I wouldn't buy it. You can get em pretty cheap at swaps and on Ebay $25-50. Make sure it has the software with it. BUT - this part is better. For something just *OK*......you pay just an OK price. Actually $50.00 IMO is too much for something to be OK. Then you have to worry about software with it, has it been dinged up etc. etc. I'll tell him what I think, he's a big boy, he can do what he wants. I'd pay fifty if I absolutely KNEW without a doubt that the software works just like it was supposed to and the decoder itself did also. Other than that, it's not worth IMO, I think MFJ gives you 30 days to check it out. Thanks Hi Dan. Like someone else said. No reader does great with cw. I've never used any of the expensive programs like Hoka though. Maybe? they do. I use the Universal and info tech units and they don't copy everything but usually enough that I can make out the gest of whats being sent. I don't remember the MFJ being worse and the Universal unit is probably the best you can get in a box. Your not going to be out much with the MFJ $wise. You milage may vary type of deal? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/ |
It's a pain with the screws. Who knows though. You might
try it and love it. Just remember, you will need to keep a jewerlers screwdriver handy. It's a pain with the screws. Who knows though. You might try it and love it. Just remember, you will need to keep a jewerlers screwdriver handy. Luckily I have oneof them, lots of miniature tools. But it says mothing in their add about that, forget that....lol...it's gotta be easier to copy those sounds then breaking out a jewelers screwdriver. {?} Whatever, should have known.:-I ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
What software? Are we talking about the same item? Mine uses no
software other than what may be in firmware. I don't know, are we? I'm talking the multi-reader that is in EVERY monthly edition of Pop Comm. at the top of the MFJ page. I gave the name and number in the original post. I also don't remember reading in the magazine about needing any 'jewlers screwdriver' nor any 'software.' ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
Your not going to be out much with the MFJ $wise. You milage may
vary type of deal? Your not going to be out much with the MFJ $wise. You milage may vary type of deal? I guess it depends if you think $159.99 or 169.99 means "you won't be out much with the MFJ$wise." LOL I can buy many accesories( more than just one) that I KNOW will add to the shack for that amount. ;-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
GO BEARCATS wrote:
I told my friend that I'd ask in here and see what you all have to say about it. Myself, I like the look and I'd love to be able to decode those noises I here, personally- I think the price is a little steep- if I remember right, they have 'raised' the price another $10.00 compared to a couple years back. Thanks :-) Myself, I would just go software, and let the computer be the "box". I'm not sure what all that will decode, "I assume CW, RTTY, PSK31, etc..." You can get free software on the web that will do the same thing. For CW,RTTY, PSK31, etc, I use "Hamscope". I bet it works as well as the MFJ box...For SSTV I use MMSSTV. For WESAT I use wxsat.exe. Myself, I wouldn't waste the money on the MFJ unit. I bet it would do much you can't do with free software. BTW, once you are set up for sound card use, you can also run many other related programs. IE: I run spectralab as a spectrum analyser. I have a few DSP programs. Have recorder programs with VOX, etc..Almost unlimited.. MK -- http://web.wt.net/~nm5k |
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