> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gerry Hull
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 07:24
> To: WriteLog
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Chopped CW
>
>
> We ran M/S in ARRL CW this past weekend -- 4003Qs with three operating
> positions, each running Writelog on dual monitors.
>
> It was interesting that we had two of the computers with identical
> setups - IBM T21 laptops - and one had choppy CW, the other did not.
> The third computer, a Dual-PIII/700 desktop, did not have any trouble.
>
> The culprit is FastFind, a system task that is usually installed my
> MS Office or by other MS applications. FastFind is a background process
Yes fast find is a horrible application that should be destroyed. Later
versions of office do not use it.
> which indexes your hard disk so that searches quickly locate files. It
> has too high a priority when Writelog needs to send CW.
>
> Check to see if FastFind is running in the task list - maybe that is the
> issue.
>
> Our only issue with Writelog was the fact that the 10-minute
> timer/band-change counter is pretty useless for ARRL M/S... It does
> not track across the network, band changes are only shown for the "local"
> radio, and ARRL rules are "6 band changes in CLOCK hour", whereas
> Writelog looks at the last 60 minutes.
>
> 73,
>
> Gerry, W1VE/VE1RM
> Op @ K1IR in ARRL CW -- 6.15 Megs M/S
>
> > I'm using Window 98 SE with a 1Ghz PIII and had a terrible time
> with coppy
> > CW. Using Com 1 for the Rig (FT-1000MP), and using the DTR
> line for CW on
> > the same port. It was so bad at time I had to shut down and
> re-boot. It
> > would straighten out for a short time and then sound very ragged again.
> >
> > I second the motion on a macro for "turn antennae to azimuth".
> >
> > Denis
> > AA0YX
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Gerry Hull <windev@inetmarket.com>
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