WriteLog does a great job of generating CW! Better than any other program
I have tried under Windows.
I use an AMD K5-133 here running Win 98 and WriteLog does very well. There
may be a few isolated times during a contest where it will hesitate or
stutter on something, but it is not enough to bother me (and I would
notice!). You will not be disappointed.
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ron Stordahl
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:36 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] CW keying quality
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> I have been looking at options to make the transition from DOS
> to Win98 for
> my shack computer.
>
> Experiments with trial copies of logging programs for Win98 have
> resulted in
> my discovering that all of them generate less than perfectly formed CW.
> Authors of two of the programs have responded to me that its a
> problem which
> results from Windows responding to interupts from other
> processes which need
> attention. As most of you know a single processor system can really only
> service one process at a time. It only appears to be
> multitasking because
> it can switch between tasks (processes) so quickly. What happens is that
> while in the middle of a CW character the system is interupted
> to do a disk
> i/o or respond to moving the mouse, etc, etc. This can change
> the length of
> a dot or a dash. The faster your processor is the less noticable will be
> the impact.
>
> Efficient programming can help, i.e. fewer instructions to accomplish the
> same function. So I would expect the quality of the generated CW to vary
> with different programs.
>
> So my question: Have you listened very carefully to the CW that Writelog
> generates? Do you notice any imperfections? You should have other
> applications running, perhaps typing, moving the mouse, generating some
> other activity.
>
> My system is a AMD 266 Mhz processor, a faster system would help
> I am sure.
>
> I am currently a CT user with DOS. But as I said I would like
> to make the
> switch to Win98 for the shack, because there is so much good software for
> hams available for that OS.
>
> So I am hoping to hear that WriteLog does a great job generating
> perfect CW.
>
> Ron N5IN
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