Thanks to K5WW Gert, N5UWY Peter Laws, KE1JF Tom, and K0JN Joe for their
suggestions. I have tried them all and no luck getting the radio programs to
work. Did a "Systems restore" twice back when the RTTY programs were
working. That did nothing to help. I don't have the sound card drivers or
software to re enter them again. I checked the sound options that Peter
suggested and found nothing mutes and everything looked ok. I took my sons
external speaker system and connected them to my computer and tested for
sounds and nothing came through them. I am beginning to think it may be the
mother board and/or sound card. Not sure if the sound card is on the mother
board or separate.
I have tried the 3 programs, MixW, MMTTY and N1MM. When I open any of them
there is nothing in the waterfall and there is no waterfall engine at all in
N1MM. I tried N1MM a few minutes ago and this happens: Opens up ok, no
MMTTY engine o Click on button to exit - does not exit and I lost the task
bar on the call entry window and there is nothing showing in any of the
windows open. I can't exit as the exit button is gone and I have to power
down and turn off the computer and start again to get back to the desk top.
I just put my wife of 65 years in a nursing home and I sure need my RTTY
back to help me cope. If there are any more suggestions they will be
appreciated. If there is a separate sound card I will replace it. If it is
on the mother board I will have to rethink my options.
Thanks to all for reading my woes.... 73 Dick
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:49 PM
To: RTTY Contesting
Subject: [RTTY] Problem with radio programs
I have a problem with trying to use my radio programs. All were working ok
until two days ago. When I boot the computer the green light blinks 3 times
on the RigBlaster Plus as it always does to show a connection. I only use
the radio programs for RTTY rag chewing, chasing DX and RTTY contesting.
Programs I use for RTTY are, MMTTY (ver.1.65), N1MM (ver.7.10.0 and MixW
(ver. 2.18). OS is XP Professional.
I first noticed it when I opened MixW, there was nothing showing on the
water fall and no print on the screen. I opened MMTTY and it was the same,
except, in the water fall space it said "Lost sound". I opened N1MM and the
MMTTY engine was missing. Not there at all. When I try to exit N1MM and
MMTTY, it will not exit. The little hour glass shows it is trying, but
nothing happens and it does not exit. I have to unplug the power cord to
shut off the computer and then plug it back in to reboot.
I did not change anything. This just started on it's own. I have checked all
the cables and reseated them. I can still S/R CW and SSB. I have checked the
settings on my radio and I do not see anything set wrong. The RF is wide
open and the AF is set to my comfort level. The rig is set to antenna "A",
which is where I use it all the time.
Equipment: Mark-5 Field, RigBlaster Plus, MMTTY, N1MM with MMTTY engine and
MixW. I have plenty of space on my hard drive and 1 gig of memory. I do not
know what sound card I have. But, it has worked ok for the past 5 years.
I know nothing about the inner workings of a computer. Can someone help me
find out the problem? I want to get back on RTTY soon as I am having
withdrawal symptoms. hi.
Merry Christmas Dick KS0M
Richard C. "Dick" White
Fulton, MO. 65251 U.S.A.
whiter26@sbcglobal.net
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.
Speak kindly. Leave the rest to GOD.
Amateur Radio Station - KS0M
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