Yes, I saw this on a Microham device on Saturday and again on my
WinKeyer 2 yesterday.
I guess I can use the pot instead of PgUp/PgDown, but that sure isn't
convenient when you want to quickly change speed to send an exchange
to a slower operator and go right back.
This sure doesn't sound like something that should be that hard to solve!
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Charles Morrison <cfmorris@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Kelly, I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but this same
> thing happens with the Microham Microkeyer's Winkey implementation as well.
> First time I noticed it was when I used the MK, and it's the same for K1EL
> WKUSB.
>
> What I'd suggest is when using a Winkey, is to not use the page up/page down
> function of WL, instead use the knob. WL will follow it fine and wont fall
> back to any other speed.
>
> My initial assumption was something "scratchy" in the pot for the speed
> selector, or simply banging the table was enough to make its value change
> slightly. And of course as you noticed, if the pot changes at all, it
> immediately overrides the settings from WL.
>
> Use the pot and forget it.
>
> Charlie
> KI5XP
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:55:15 -0700
>> From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [WriteLog] WinKeyer2 Keyer Speed Issues?
>> To: writelog@contesting.com
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>> OK, I know I've seen this numerous times and I'm not imaging it.... I
>> saw it again this weekend on two different machines owned by two
>> different people.
>>
>> Why is it that the PgUp/PgDown buttons don't COMPLETELY control the
>> speed of my WinKeyer2 while using WriteLog? It seems that WinKeyer2
>> speed is a function of the setting provided by WriteLog AND the speed
>> knob setting on the front of WinKeyer2. How does this manifest
>> itself? Well, the speed just changes spontaneously while sending from
>> WriteLog. I'll set the speed where I want and a few seconds later it
>> will go back to where it was.
>>
>> Some have suggested it is RF, but this doesn't make sense for several
> reasons:
>> 1) Happens on every WriteLog system I have used. happened this
>> weekend on two systems in two different QTH's
>> 2) Speed doesn't get set to random values but rather toggles between 2
>> settings; The two settings are: the WriteLog setting AND the speed
>> knob setting
>> 3) If I move the speed know so that it matches the WriteLog setting
>> then speed remains constant
>>
>> I'm 99% certain that something causes the WinKeyer2 to fall back to
>> the knob setting after changing it with Writelog. Is this by design?
>> Is there a configuration parameter that changes this behavior so that
>> WriteLog fully controls the speed? I don't want the knob setting the
>> speed while connected via WriteLog.
>
>
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