Get serious! Changing operating systems on a computer that is used for many things (and most computers are) is a huge task. Microsoft would have you believe that upgrading the OS on a machine is easy
Two possible problems I've encountered (and fixed). 1) You don't have the required polarity inverter between the serial line and the radio. This can be done with an NPN transistor and a 1K resistor.
Something that has always bothered me about this setup is, How do you operate Search and Pounce with F3 programmed for QSL/QRZ? To save a QSO, you have to hit <ENTER>, and when you do, WL sends the Q
I find that the most common cause of me calling a dupe is a mis-copied or mis-typed call sign. The best behavior in that situation is for the other station to tell me I'm a dupe, then work me anyway.
My Cabrillo files are all one QSO per line in plain text format. But FWIW, I usually do all my editing inside WriteLog before generating the Cabrillo file. The only time I edit the Cabrillo file is i
N4PY says that his control program for TenTec and Elecraft radios will do allow this. What it does is take control of the serial port, but provide a virtual serial port that WriteLog (and other loggi
I would very much like to see the WL author get together with N4PY and figure out a way to transfer CW from WL to the same serial port through the control software. Perhaps more requests are needed t
I will be visiting Berlin next week, and would like to use my Kenwood TH-F6A on German repeaters to keep up with friends who are attending the same international conference. I've heard that a 1750 Hz
On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:46:10 -0500, Kurszewski Chad-WCK005 wrote: I suspect that you are correct. I live in the pro audio world, and we use laptops to control a wide variety of equipment using serial
What third party products are any of you using to make the parallel port work? Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ WriteLog mailing list WriteLog@contesting.com http://lists.cont
I've put WriteLog on a new IBM T41 that has no serial port. I've bought a Quatech DSP-100 PCMCIA port, and have used it to connect to two different rigs. It controls the rigs, but keying does not wor
There is an inherent problem with USB to serial adapters, in that they are not "real" serial adapters. I live in the pro audio world, and we use RS-232 to program some audio gear. In general, USB ada
I think that's a VERY bad assumption. USB to serial adapters have "issues" because they are not real serial ports. One of them is that they can easily delay the commands by several seconds! A Belkin
I made up a strip of paper that that I can tape horizontally just above the function keys. On that strip, I pencil in whatever is assigned to each function key (in short hand). I made it up for the f
No, I mean how the operator enters call signs and QSO's once someone has set it up for him. Lots of folks who work Field Day don't work many other contests and may not be familiar with logging progra
desktop. I've specifically looked at the keying levels on two of my IBM laptops with a DC coupled scope. One has a built-in serial port (T22) and the other, a T41, uses a B&B Electronics PCMCIA dual
Are you sure you're not confused about which pin is DTR and which is RTS? DTR is definitely the CW keying line. Jim Brown K9YC _______________________________________________ WriteLog mailing list Wr
I suspect the serial port or RF getting into the cable. Was it a "real" serial port, or was it a USB simulated serial port? USB simulated serial ports are well known to have serious timing problems.
I strongly concur that something serious needs to be done to drastically improve networking. My two laptops networked fine at home, but nothing that I tried at the Field Day site could get them to se
Ah, but it IS a contest, and in the 49 years I've been a ham, has always been a contest! But it is a different sort of contest -- one that emphasizes group effort among local clubs and ad hoc groups