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| Reviews Summary for MFJ-462B Multi-Reader |
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Reviews: 19
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Average rating: 2.6/5
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MSRP: $179.95
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Description: Reads CW, RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR FEC
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N0JYC
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Rating: 4/5
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Jun 28, 2008 15:50
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I have to revise my previous review...
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I could never get this thing to work for me on any of my rigs. However, I saw it on the shelf the other day and I thought I would plug it into the speakers on my computer and see if it would work with CQ100. Wow, through the computer it copies PERFECT CW. Nary a flaw if it is keyboard generated and just a slight adjustment or two if someone is using their fist. Granted, CQ 100 is not real ham radio, but it is a lot of fun for me and this gives me another option when playing with it. My CW skills faded 15 years ago...this will definitely help me pick some of it back up. It would have been nice if MFJ had put a backlight into it making the screen easier to read.
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DXMAN
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 2, 2007 07:38
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CW Works very well!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I using this item for cw decoding/other i no tested/.
no problem,but we have use! :
1.good hf rx /my rx is Icom r75 /
2.use cw filter / etc. 500 Hz /
3. for better decoding we use dsp filter /icom r75 have dsp filter/
and no problem!
Mirek from Czech republic ,Europe
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N0FPE
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Rating: 1/5
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Dec 9, 2006 17:30
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I wish I had passed on this
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Owned one of these POS's a few years ago. Never could get it to work worth a darn. I give it a one because it held up the end of the table for a few months before I sold it.
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KE7HTQ
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Rating: 1/5
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Dec 9, 2006 16:57
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not worth the money
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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A few years ago I bought the 461, like others trying to improve my CW on real life qso.
It was totally useless. I tought the 462 would be better seeing the price difference and the features advertised.
Doesn't even work 90% on strong signal and needs a lot of adjustment. And on real life signal it doesn't work at all.
Other modes than CW don't work at all.
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WEB01
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Rating: 3/5
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Jul 27, 2006 21:43
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Advertised with more hype than working
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned this for a year now. It does work and is a fun item to mess with. With the way it was advertised though, I thought it was going to open up a whole new owrld of those weird noises and do amazing things. Well...
It does do cw ok after a lot of fiddling about with adjustments and having the radio loud enough so you can hear it and decode to start with other than just hash. I find it decodes better when it's internal speaker is out and you set your radio 1st then dial it in. I have no idea why but it does. I have copied several cw qso's and you have to retune every few minutes or so for it to track the qso. I have yet to get it to work with any other mode though. I really have tried too. I won't give up though because if I ever get used to it, it can be a fun toy to use. It is very good as a practice tool as well.
I am going to figure out a way to get the display to light as I feel this was the biggest short coming to the unit.I am tired of holding it just right or using a flash light to read it.
It won't do weak signals very well at all. I have heard signals that I was sure it would decode but no dice. The internal volume of the speaker needs to be a bit louder too. It isn't all that bad though. If it was back lighted, and a little more easier to tune and in the $89. price range, it would be worth the fun. I bought mine used in mint shape from a frustrated person and now see why. I got a good deal so I will try to improve on it now. For the price, I would look into something else perhaps computer based. If you can find one used at a good amount then it would be a fun toy to mess with.
Rich, W2EBR
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W2NSF
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 18, 2004 13:39
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It works.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I got this unit to improve my CW copy by listening to "real" QSOs. For my purposes, it works very well. I haven't tried it on anything else but CW, so I can't speak to the other data decodings. You have to spend a little time with the menus and the tuning, and once you do, the words come popping right out on the screen.
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AF4KK
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 1, 2003 17:03
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Works very well!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've operated the unit since I bought it new in 1995 and it's never failed me yet! It's quite good at decoding CW from noise and the 2-line display is great for those characters you may have missed. I like the "playback" feature, too!
I gave it a "4" and not a "5" simplay because the display is a bit small and it's not back-lit. Aside from that, it works well. Oh yes, the printer port is cool as well. (Note: I've only used it to decode CW. Not the other modes.)
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WB8NUT
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Rating: 1/5
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Jun 12, 2003 11:25
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The 462s are Junk!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have tried both the A and B models over the years and neither one is worth the money - no money at all - absolute junk. Both went back. If you want good software that can do CW decoding with great accuracy, get MixW - it does CW and more!
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KB4ZVM
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Rating: 0/5
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May 14, 2003 22:16
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Really bad
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have tried to make it work for years.
If the CW is machine generated, if the signal is really strong, if the noise floor is really low, and if there is absolutely no QRM, it will copy about 85%. But what's the point in that?
This thing simply does not work!
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WMBRADY
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 22, 2002 12:39
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Works Great with a Good Receiver
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have been able to easily decode CW with my 462B using the output of my Grundig M800 but not my ICF-2010 or Grundig Yacht Boy 400. Obviously, the unit requires a clean signal. I suspect the reason some folks have problems is the BFO offset of their radios.
The menu is a bit strange and hard to get used to.
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