The manual and an extra sheet were well-written, though I did have to go to the Internet to get some tips on working with Microsoft Vista. The SignaLink only required setting some jumpers internally for my radio. And in no time, I was PSKing with the best of ’em. Of course, I managed to order the wrong interface cable for my Kenwood TS-2000…it would have worked but I would have had to plug and unplug the microphone…but DXE handled the swap seamlessly. I was on the verge of doing a quick and dirty hookup just to get a feel for the stuff but I had an order I was submitting to DX Engineering anyway so I included a SignaLink USB in the shopping cart. Well, sir, I have seen the light! I am officially converted! But friends kept evangelizing about the wonderment of PSK31, and I kept seeing rare DX entities that I covet being spotted on PSK31 and RTTY, so I finally bit the bullet. When I get on the air, I prefer my keyer paddle or microphone when I reach out and touch. I’ve been slow to adopt digital communications for a very practical reason: between the day job and writing books, I spend ten to twelve hours a day on a computer keyboard.
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