At 11:59 -0500 02/19/2002, K4IA@aol.com wrote:
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>Would the serial port behave better? Can WriteLog be configured to use a USB
>port? I am neither a computer not a WriteLog expert but leave the issues to
>others who may be able to shed some more light (not flame) on the issue.
The short answer to this is, no.
When I first started using WriteLog I was keying the radio (an FT1000MP)
through a simulated serial port created by using a Keyspan USB - PDA serial
adapter (my laptop has no serial ports). In one contest it worked pretty well,
CW keying and rig control through the same port, with only a small bit of
erratic keying from time to time.
I have not been able to get it to work even that well since. Maybe it got worse
in newer versions of WriteLog (I don't remember what version I started with,
maybe 10.25 or .26?), but although rig control has been good, CW keying now is
virtually unusable.
I went back to using my WB4VVF Accu-Memory keyer instead, or using the keyer in
the FT1000MP if I was in a contest that required a serial number in the
exchange (there are keying waveform shaping issues using the MP built-in keyer
that cause me to choose not to use it unless absolutely necessary).
73,
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