[Towertalk] MFJ 890

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

What's wrong with decoding the CW by ear?
Also, there are plenty of programs on the Net that will sync your computer
clock.
Atomic Clock, About time, NIST, Dimension 4, etc.

Mike.......CW RULES!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] MFJ 890


>
> I've used this software (with a FT-757GX and homebuilt RS232 interface),
and it works quite nicely.  One mode has a global map that lights up the
beacon that's currently "hot".
>
> The only tricky part is that your PC has to be properly synchronized (to a
few tenths of a second) to UTC.  If you have a TAC/GPS interface this is
trivial, otherwise, a steady hand on the mouse click and a receiver tuned to
WWV would work.  (I think it would be cool to modify the BeaconSee program
to tune to and listen to WWV and demodulate the time code and synchronize
the PC automatically...)
>
> Jim Smith wrote:
> >
> > Try http://www.ip.pt/coaa/beaconsee.htm
> >
> > Works great
> >
> > 73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO
> >
> > >
> > > My memory's good, but awful short, however I seem to remember
> > > shareware available on the net somewhere that does basically the same
> > > thing. For free.
> > >
> > > Just my 2 cents.
> > >
> > > 73 Bruce W1RJ
> > >
> >
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