Is the station having problems using Win XP or Win 2k?
Mike K9MI
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From: <k4zw@adelphia.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12 07
Subject: [WriteLog] LPT Keying Problem
> Received an e-mail from a friend overseas who is having a problem sending
> CW via his LPT port. This has been working in the past. I don't know if
> any changes where made but I did have him confirm that the correct port
> and PC Generates is selected under the set-up menu. It sounds as if the
> dots and dash are reversed. He provided this example:
>
> Example when keying CQ signal must be:
>> ____---_-_---_-___---_---_-_---____ like this
>>
>> But in our PC that signal goes like that:
>> ----___-_-___-_---___-___-_-___---- that means key is always on when
>> I not transmitting.
>
> Guess it could be the LPT keying module but he doesn't have a spare so
> there is no way to test that without sending him another. Any thoughts?
> It's tough troubleshooting this stuff from 7000 miles away and through a
> language barrier.
>
> Thanks
> Ken K4ZW
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