The PreppCom DMX-40 Is this the best CW machine out there?

James Hannibal KH2SR and I discuss the DMX-40 in our larger conversation about the future of Ham Radio.
PreppComm DMX-40: www.preppcomm.com/products/dmx-40-transceiver
Show Notes:
Join Me every Monday at Noon Mountain Time (1800 UTC) for lunch & ham radio. I'll bring in short subjects that we can dive in and look at, you can bring up subjects to discuss. You can also join me as a guest on the show.
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[@RGsedona]

I have one. I only use it as a decoder. My code skills were once pretty good. I have been using one externally to try to get me code skills back. It works great.

[@K6UDA]

Thanks. Looking forward to checking it out for myself.

[@submarineradioman5535]

Ditto! I’m going to procure one also! I was a radioman/telegrapher in the submarine service. I used to crank along at 35 -40 wpm. Now I can hardly do 30 wpm. I find that watching the Morse being decoded while listening helps me to increase and improve my speed and accuracy.

[@TheM14guy]

2 am, couldn't sleep. Saw this, bought at 2:15 AM!

[@K6UDA]

Let them know you saw it here.

[@TheM14guy]

@@K6UDA Will do N5BE….

[@lyfandeth]

The true reason for CW: YOU CAN EAT LUNCH & TX AT THE SAME TIME AND NOBODY KNOWS. Lunch and voice, not so good.

[@K6UDA]

I'll second that. Having both hosts take a big bite of lunch while live on the "air" is kinda like getting into a shooting and both you and your partner yell loading at the same time.

[@robherrin8021]

KD9DBQ here. I just won this rig with a Bioeno 12/12 battery and a Chamelion emcomm end fed as the grand prize at W9UVI Superfest.(Where i met you a couple years ago over a brat Bob) Can't wait to get out and use it. Have a week off for a staycation next week, maybe i'll activate the local gun range

[@tomnapier3910]

Same here Bob. I learned it in 1966 and went strictly voice until about 2008. I cant break the 10-12wpm barrier. Figured I'd need 15-18wpm. Ordered mine today so hopefully it'll help me with that. Good video. AI4QV

[@kurt53641]

How do we use this thing on the Ic705? In another words, how do you use this thing with an external source?

[@lyfandeth]

Nice package, but if it is for preppers, is it rain proof?

[@JamesHannibalKH2SR]

no it's not rain proof at all, but it easily fits in a small pelican case.

[@expert244]

Dangit Bob you just cost me another $350…….

[@K6UDA]

Glad I could help.

[@GreyGhost-r4z]

watch Kurt Zonglmann.... cool radio though...

[@K6UDA]

Just looked him up. I'll give it a whirl.

[@kk7aagradio631]

A person that can’t afford $35 for a license, they can’t afford ham radio. I Just got my first shack, and I’m into it for $2200, shark whips, no amplifier, so very basic setup. Thirty five bucks is nothing compared to radios antennas, maintenance, etc.

[@jmollo55]

Ya changed up your exit... from hand over camera to snap &thumb

[@K6UDA]

Its a throwback to my "old days".

[@GPSJayDog22]

Is this a sales show? Never shows it in action. Hummmm

[@mikehorvath4780]

It would be nice to know if it is effective learning code. 73 K7NFO

[@K6UDA]

I agree. I'm going to see about getting my hands on one for a long term training session and review series.

[@Capecodham]

$999. He got it for free, which of course he gives a good review. A 22 minute review with three minutes of information. Most decent reviews turn the equipment on instead of blabbing. My daughter learned Morse code when she was eight and didn't whine on about excuses why she didn't.

[@K6UDA]

Burt, your just the perfect human being. I challenge you to take something you already own (no excuses) and make a review video. Show the rest of us how it done. We're waiting.

[@Capecodham]

@@K6UDA "We're waiting?" You have been nominated to speak for others? You lack that much self confidence that you cannot say, "I?" I have done numerous reviews, mostly Flex, and no one gave it to me. You do realize this review was 90% blabbing and the DMX-40 was never turned on. If you are going to learn Morse code, do it, stop talking about doing it. My daughter at age eight never TALKLED about getting a license and learning code, she just did it.

[@K6UDA]

@@Capecodham It wasn't a review. It was Jim H. showing us something that A. is designed and built by a ham in the USA, B. was part of a bigger discussion on how to get more ham radio operators to utilize more spectrum. C. Lots of us average guys have a hard time with CW. I don't have hours upon hours to learn. I forget most of what I learn when I take a break. D. If this machine does everything Jim said it does, it's much more than just a CW tutor. But then again, this wasn't a review.

[@Capecodham]

@@K6UDA That was an excellent explanation. Superb.