I have an option to buy an MFJ 748B tunable DSP Filter(sounds impressive to me 
) for a reasonable price.
Anyway go or no go?
Thanks in advance.
) for a reasonable price. Anyway go or no go?
Thanks in advance.
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If you are running older rigs without DSP, then I would say give it a try especially if you can get a good deal on it.
This product has real good reviews on Eham.net
If you haven't done so already, read Eham's reviews and see what the users say about this device and usually you can get good tips on settings and such.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/607
Good luck!
This product has real good reviews on Eham.net
If you haven't done so already, read Eham's reviews and see what the users say about this device and usually you can get good tips on settings and such.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/607
Good luck!
Also check out the you tube videos about it. Seems to work well. And like stated by fourstringburn, Eham has a perfect 5.0 record. No one complained. The only thing mentioned that might affect someone is the time to tune like when contesting. No to good for that. But it does cut the qrm and other stuff out from the vids I watched. Tempted to look more into one of these myself.
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I have high QRM level here because of nearby power lines. This could be a good addition to my station.
For the price it's won't be a big loss of it doesn't work and from all I've seen and read it seems to work well. Let us know if you do get one and how it works for you. Would be interested in getting one myself but I am not getting much qrm with the horz. dipoles.
Thanks, I asked the seller to reserve it for me and got a nod. I'll have to find out how to hook it up and may need your advice again on how to do it.
These sell new for over $250.00 here in the US.
For $65.00 I would definitely buy it.
As for hooking it up, It is really simple. Just plug a 3.5mm male to male end cable between your radio's external speaker jack and into the 3.5mm input jack on the DSP unit, Then plug in an external speaker. You can also use headphones instead of a external speaker if you desire.
You aren't really adding DSP to your radio per se, you are adding DSP filtering to your received audio.
Here is a link to the owners manual, just open link and click on PDF download.
http://www.mfjenterprises.com/support.php?productid=MFJ-784B
For $65.00 I would definitely buy it.
As for hooking it up, It is really simple. Just plug a 3.5mm male to male end cable between your radio's external speaker jack and into the 3.5mm input jack on the DSP unit, Then plug in an external speaker. You can also use headphones instead of a external speaker if you desire.
You aren't really adding DSP to your radio per se, you are adding DSP filtering to your received audio.
Here is a link to the owners manual, just open link and click on PDF download.
http://www.mfjenterprises.com/support.php?productid=MFJ-784B
Thanks, it sounds simple enough. I haven't really looked at the back of the unit, what kind of plug do I need on my external speaker? A 3.5 mm plug as well?
Yes, typically external speaker jacks on radios are 3.5 mm and external speakers use 3.5 mm plugs.
Should be plug and play then. Read the manual before you start messing with it. Just what I would do. They most likely will have some settings to help get you started. Again if you buy it for the price it's worth as long as it works. If you can verify this before purchasing it then I would grab it up. If not someone most likely will unless it's a close friend or something. Keep us updated.