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Re: [Trlog] Vista, USB ports, TR4W, microHAM

To: <ke5c@hot.rr.com>, <ctdxcc@kkn.net>
Subject: Re: [Trlog] Vista, USB ports, TR4W, microHAM
From: "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:44:55 +0500
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I know that UA9CLB was using TR4W in SO2R configuration in recent ARRL 
contest. No delays observed but he did not use Microham . He was using 
USB-COM adapter and TR4W was running under WinXP.
Several club stations here are using TR4W for MS.

73, Igor UA9CDC
>I assume that was K5PI at V31TP who said hello two or three times.  I'm 
>sure you guys had a blast.  I've been out of the loop for a while, but 
>decided to get on for part of this weekend, and I sure am glad I did - 100 
>watts on a dipole into Europe on 80 meters was very nice.
>
> I decided to get my Vista laptop with only USB ports ready for contesting, 
> if possible.  I was thinking of using N1MM, so I picked up a microHAM CW 
> Keyer to get a WinKey interface for CW (and a nice rig interface in the 
> same box on the same USB cable).  Before I got to N1MM, I read about TR4W, 
> the windows offspring of TR-log (http://tr4w.qrz.ru/) and installed it. 
> My first challenge was figuring out where Vista put my configuration 
> files, and solving that did take a while.  I was just starting to think, 
> Vista isn't as bad as I heard, but it is different.
>
> The microHAM CW Keyer installation was very straightforward as was the 
> included rig interface to my old Orion.  Once I found the contest 
> configuration file and edited it, TR4W was great.  I was really impressed. 
> A lot of nice interface features accessible with various windows made 
> setup easier and a lot more dynamic.  My only question or observation is 
> that there seems to be a slight delay compared to old DOS TR-log with just 
> about any keypress.  Maybe I am just out of contest shape, but I wonder if 
> anyone has used TR4W for SO2R where any delay is an issue?
>
> 73 -- John
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