[CQ-Contest] Mods to MFJ-432 Voice Keyer?

[K4tmc at aol.com]

Contesters,

In reviewing lessons-learned from this past weekend's CQWW, I need to make 
some mods to the MFJ-432 voice keyer.  Has anyone had any success with 
replacing the 4 red message switches?  They do not always work the first time 
you push on them, and sometimes you have to push so hard that the unit slides 
across the desk.  I wonder if any of the more expensive Radio Shack switches 
(the ones that look like the ones on the MFJ-434) are any better.  Also, I 
found myself using the Repeat Msg-1 switch a lot, and found that it makes 
contact when you depress it to switch off the repeat function.  This was very 
annoying, such that when someone started answering my CQ, and when I 
depressed the switch, I started my "CQ Contest..." again.  Valuable seconds 
were lost!

And, has anyone found a connector that fits the remote terminal pins on the 
back?  That way I could just leave the standard switches alone and use remote 
switches for the basic functions I need.  It would be much more convenient to 
have the few needed switches right at the keyboard. 

OK, I know some of you will just say - get rid of it and get the MFJ-434, or 
something else.  However, I kind of like the package size and it fits just 
right on the shelf below the 1000MP.

73 and High Rates,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC


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