Hi Tim,
I spoke with Martin Jue (Mr. MFJ himself) at Dayton a couple of years ago
and I suggested to him that MFJ sell this cable pre-assembled as an option.
He seemed very interested in doing just that, but it has not yet appeared as
a product. I haven't seen anyone else offering a commercial unit either,
although some enterprising fellow ham may offer to build you one. (I
actually would offer, but you'll wait a **LONG** time for it since free time
is incredibly scarce these days.)
I made my own right after unpacking it and running the initial tests (I'm
too impatient to wait for anything!). It's "ugly" construction with the
circuit on a small board in an Altoids case (the modern day Sucrets
container for small ham gadgets). The worst part was scrounging the 8-pin
plug for the back of the keyer. It's an oddball connector that cannot be
obtained via a quick run to Radio Shack. In the longstanding tradition of
amateur radio, I wound up butchering a connector from inside a dead modem.
It's ugly, but it works!
The MFJ-434 is a VY FB unit, but I now use it little since I got a good
computer and WriteLog. It will remain close by, though, for those times
when Murphy decides to guest op at my station!
VY 73 de Glenn K3PP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Coker" <res0a4ux@verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 1:30 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] MFJ-434 Voice Keyer Computer Cable?
> Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows of a MFJ-434 Computer Cable maker? I'm
a
> bit daunted by making my own at this point and was wondering if there is
an
> easy way out? I'd like to interface the external keyer with my computer
> contest software. A Check of the google search engine showed me a
schematic
> for use with NA and TR Log along with a cable hookup for an Array Solution
> SO2R box, but no supplier/maker of a pre-maid computer cable. Thanks for
any
> input, Tim. N6WIN.
>
> Timothy Coker - N6WIN
> Private Pilot - Instrument
> mailto:Chiefpilot@timcoker.com
> http://www.timcoker.com/
>
>
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