The MicroHam looks neat, but ..... it's yet another box in the shack as I
see it ....
When we travel I use WinKey serial on a USB to serial cable and plug the
radio into either
a COM port or another USB to serial cable.
The laptop has a sound card if I get the urge to try RTTY or PSK.
At home I use a WinKey USB and plug the two radios into USB to serial
cables.
And the old Gateway has a sound card if I get the urge to try RTTY or PSK.
The K1EL keyers eliminate the need/worry about LPT or serial keying, are
easy to get
working, and fairly inexpensive. And give you a speed pot!
If the "sound card modes" are really important then the MicroHam is the way
to go.
73 Hank K8DD
If God intended you to be on single sideband,
he would have given you only one nostril.
- Steve, K2PTS (SK)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Parry" <BPARRY@RGV.RR.COM>
To: "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:37 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Win XP
> One of these days I am going to have to retire my current Win 98 radio
> computer for logging and contesting and begin using either my current
WinXP
> or a newer Vista computer. I have resisted changing because the Win 98
> computer will send CW on the LPT port of the old 98 machine. I have a
> FT1000MP that interfaces nicely with Writelog and DXBase, my logging
> program. I am not interested in working RTTY, etc. My current XP machine
has
> both LPT and serial ports.
>
> So what are my options when I change? It seems like, from what I read, I
am
> going to have to buy a MicroHam Keyer for $175. This is not very palatable
> to me, but if I must... Are there other options less expensive and
> complicated?
>
> Bill, W5VX
>
>
>
>
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