"Steve" wrote in news:1138630560.159869.17120
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

But I had expected that there would be a significant improvement in
clarity from weak signals if I went via the PK232 - maybe that is
wrong.



You're going to be disappointed. Nothing is easier to trash than an old,
slow spin WEFAX analog signal. They always look like crap any distance
from the transmitting station....The system is 50 years old!