Don,
I think one of the things you may be overlooking, is that you have to switch a
whole lot more than just the CW keying back and forth to both radios. The way
that multiple radio rtty works is quite different.
Your headphones need to be switched from one radio to the other. The PTT from
the computer(if you use it) also needs to be switched. If you use a
footswitch(more useful for SSB) but many CW ops will use it when sending slowly
to hold their relays in. In order to control all of this, the LPT port is used
where you get a radio 1 / radio 2 toggle output.
W5XD's box does all of this very elagantly with one serial port. The others,
like the ZS4TX Super Combo Keyer that I use, may be controlled by the LPT port.
I'm running XP and using "UserPort" to enable the LPT port, and it works great!
73,
Bob N5NJ
> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
> To: "'WriteLog Reflector'" <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan-10-2004 11:16 AM
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Need help on SO2R CW on 2 COM ports - Results
>
> OK, well it appears WriteLog may not do what I want it to do. Which seems
> strange since you
> can do it with FSK as John says. It may be possible to do with using the
> Rttyrite window in CW
> but I prefer the CW decoder.
>
> Well, it's not much to switch it back to 2 PC's. I did well with it that way
> in
> SS CW, but was
> thinking it could be done with a COM assigned to CW for each rig with external
> switching.
>
> There was one suggestion that didn't make it to the reflector and I had
> thought
> about this, was
> to parallel the CW keying from a single COM port to each rig. It works if you
> command PTT with
> radio control, but I'm not comfortable with it.
>
> OK, thanks to all that replied. Maybe Wayne can someday work that into the
> program. You can do it with FSK,
> so it can't be that hard to make it work for CW too.
>
> Hope to put in a few hours of NAQP CW. CU there.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of WA9ALS - John
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:04 AM
> To: WriteLog Reflector
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Need help on SO2R CW on 2 COM ports
>
> I doubt that's true - It sure isn't true for FSK RTTY, which uses the TxD line
> for SHIFT. Using DTR for CW is analogous. Writelog provides a lockout
> feature
> to ensure that 2 signals are not transmitted at the same time.
>
> When you do CW in the Rttyrite windows, the Rttyyrite Port menu item control
> which radio gets the PTT signal, but I'm not sure about the DTR CW signal.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj@gte.net>
> To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; "WriteLog Reflector"
> <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Need help on SO2R CW on 2 COM ports
>
>
> Don,
>
> Generally speaking, you need to use an external switching device to move the
> CW keying from one radio to another.
>
> Since you can only transmit on one radio at a time, this logic is
> appropriate.
>
> There are several devices commercially available (W5XD, TopTen, ZS4TX, etc.)
> or you can homebrew one.
>
> 73,
> N5NJ
>
> > ------------Original Message------------
> > From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
> > To: "WriteLog Reflector" <WriteLog@contesting.com>
> > Date: Sat, Jan-10-2004 9:23 AM
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Need help on SO2R CW on 2 COM ports
> >
> > I'm trying to run SO2R CW on one PC, keying CW from two separate COM
> ports.
> >
> > I have one COM port keying CW on one radio and a separate COM port keying
> CW on
> > the 2nd radio. They work separately if I select the COM port in
> Setup-Ports.
> >
> > However, I'm only able to choose one CW COM port in Setup-Ports. I've
> glanced
> > through WriteLog help and the K9JY site but can't find how to control one
> CW COM
> > port for one radio and another CW COM port for another radio.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don AA5AU
> >
> >
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