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Yes. You operate the key in receive mode, without an antenna (no incoming code), and your keying will be decoded and displayed on the screen.

@@preppcomm Does it need licence for owning one?

@@leehirst8081 You can own one without a license, and in an emergency, you can use it without a license. But you can't practice with it on the air without a license. You can put a dummy load on the antenna port or put it into the default External Mode and practice, and use an antenna to practice tuning in a station. But using CALL and ANS buttons .... no, not without a license. Sorry about that. Also, you don't need a key, we supply a keyboard for you to type your message. Learning to key is great, learning to decode in your head is great, both take a lot of effort - especially decoding in your head at speed. This can help you learn, but again, the best way is by communicating with another human and watching the screen. As the text appears, letter by letter, your brain is listening to both the sound and seeing the letter. Because of the type of communication (talk to another living being), your brain is paying high attention, and connecting the sound and the letter. After a few months, your brain will provide the letter before you see it on the screen. This is with no work on your part, other than having communication with other people and having fun doing it. Not so much just listening. This is called Cognitive Association, and is strongly triggered by your live conversation. Hey, my wife got a tech license, so you can too. Memorize a bunch of info, not hard at all. Go for it!

Great - we love it too! And about new releases, yes, very excited about the future... :)

We plan to be in Dayton, yes. Shelby, no, but we often provide support there. Look forward to seeing you there!

With our MMX and DMX-40, forget the attempts. Just have QSO’s, enjoy. Let your brain do the work via cognitive association! It is the only way to learn CW without the effort.

@@preppcomm Right after sending that commentt I watched another video where the MMX was demonstrated and the various ways to use it. Very interesting. The video was a year old, but at the end of it, you mentioned several upgrades that were coming in about a year, including the ability to do field upgrades. Is that possible yet? IIm looking at the MMX Zero that I would pair with my IC-705 and IC-7300

Unfortunately @@WH6FQE no. But soon, we hope. But to be clear, it is in a new product, not the current products. The limitation of requiring factory updates of software is built into the microprocessors in the current products. All new products in the future will use a different processor.

@@preppcomm@preppcomm ok, that's what I was thinking. Trying to decide if I should wait for the new product or not since at these prices, I would not be able to afford both versions.

I hear you, @@WH6FQE. There will be an upgrade path, as there is now between DMX-40 and MMX.

No, it's Morse Code on HF.

There is no signal or antenna at our video studio, unfortunately. We are working on that problem.

Yes, you can absolutely start using it with zero Morse code experience. It will take a few months of use for your brain to Learn code without any effort on your part, based on the experience of other hams.

I would sincerely love to show you how to connect to the IC-705 - if only I had one.

servus was dekst du ..... Sollte man es sich zulegen ? Überlege ob ich es mir kaufe

If you own an MMX you can add any of the available bands by ordering the band cards you want. If you have a DMX-40, you can purchase a DMX-40 to MMX upgrade, and select which bands you want included in your brand new MMX. Read the directions - the upgrade menu item is in the Products menu. You will need to send in your DMX-40, and after we check it to make sure it is fully operational, we ship your MMX. And, the DMX-40 is factory refurbished and sold at a reduced price.

It does take a little practice to center tune a signal, especially if it is weak. Of course a strong signal does not require as much care. Essentially, as you tune, stepping up or down the band, when you first acquire a signal, keep stepping a few more steps and stop. Pretty simple and you are pretty close to the center. To get a feel for how many steps, try a few signals by counting steps from one side to the other. That will give you a good idea of how many steps you need for a typical signal to center the tuning. Note: number of steps depends on step size. If you are going fast down or up the band (100 or 1000 Hz steps), and hit a signal, you have no idea where the edge is, so you should drop to 10 Hz steps, find the edge, and step back to the center. Unless it is really strong...

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A 5W dummy load is fine, and you can get one from Amazon for around $7. No, it does not come with one. We are fighting the rapid increase in parts cost (up to 40% in some cases), so little extras are out of the question at this time as we hold our price. I don’t think you need ferrites, but if you do, putting one on the keyboard cable is OK. We have internal filters, but if you run your keyboard wire next to the antenna wire, you are going to have trouble. It is not “bleeding out badly” but it is RF off of the antenna wire - depending on your load, you may have a lot, or a little. It’s just good practice to not run RF power and low power digital together due to capacitive coupling. I would not worry about this - it is information blown out of proportion by whoever. Follow good practice and you should be fine. Another good practice - don’t have the keyboard wire running all over the place. Bundle it up so it is neat and tidy, and the connection between keyboard and DMX-40 is short. Otherwise, you are just adding an antenna between the keyboard and the DMX-40, and if you have RF in your shack, it will pick it up, and maybe even overload our built-in RF filters. SO, the word is, follow good engineering practice, and you should not have any problems at all. We offer these tips because many hams have no idea with good engineering practice is. We are not offering this information because there is something wrong with the DMX-40.

Contact the factory for help, or access the PreppComm Community at preppcomm.mn.co.

We do have exactly what you are looking for, introduced on March 12, 13 at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. It is the MMX Multi-Band Morse Code Transceiver. It has 3 slots for band plug-ins. You can order one, two, or 3 bands, choosing currently from 80, 40, and 20 meters. check it out: www.preppcomm.com/products/dmx-40-transceiver?RUclipsQ

Not only plans, but fulfilled plans! On March 12 and 13 of this year, we introduced the MMX MultiBand Morse Code Transceiver! It has all of the bells and whistles of the DMX-40, a better (lower noise) power supply, and three "slots" for plug-in band PCB's. We currently support 80, 40, and 20 meters. Check it out! www.preppcomm.com/products/dmx-40-transceiver?RUclipsQ

You can buy a single band version of the MMX with an 80M card

PS/2 compatible, USB plug

Maybe... we are working on future products. But don't hold your breath, you might die... :)

Yes it is. Actually packed with features even the big boys don't have.

Wash those hands! No dirt allowed inside! :)

Touch the frequency button on the screen.

it shows "External" rather than a frequency in the Frequency Button on the Main Screen.

Ah, sorry you don't like the music. When we redo them, we will probably just have intro music, but fade it to nothing in a few seconds... maybe bring it back up at the end.

It's price range is $349 to $349... check out our website at PreppComm.com

Why did you use such a non standard, as far as Amateur Radio goes, antenna jack? Seems like a BNC should have been the logical choice. Other than that it looks interesting. 73 de KF7VUT

@@timk7749 The SMA connector comes with a PCB edge connector. I don't know of a PCB edge connector for BNC. Of course you can get a BNC to SMA adaptor and keep it attached.

@@timk7749 And BTW, it is quite standard on VHF/UHF.

Ah, shucks. You don't like guitar? Well, maybe next round I will not use music... :)