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From: paulf@jessica.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: RTTY/FAX Starter Information
Message-ID: <1990May29.172419.27230@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 29 May 90 17:24:19 GMT
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In article <1990May26.002343.4090@IDA.ORG> roskos@IDA.ORG (Eric Roskos) writes:
>I'd recommend you buy an AEA PK-232 rather than one of the "budget"
>devices, since it doesn't cost a lot more and will allow you to receive
>most of the modes in use on HF.  (Note that it will not work with
>FAX images transmitted directly from weather satellites, however, since
>they use an AM rather than FM subcarrier.)

I'd like to offer a second opinion on this.  Buy an MFJ 1278.  The filters
are very good, and it does have grayscale for FAX, something that the 232
doesn't have.  This makes a big difference for photographic stuff, like
press photos and sat pix.  Above all, the 1278 is about 30% cheaper.
It also fits under the bottom of a Macintosh, which is where my unit sits.

-=Paul Flaherty, N9FZX/VK2WYX | "Unix could use a more user-friendly front
->paulf@shasta.Stanford.EDU   |  end.  Does anyone have a card punch handy?"