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[TenTec] Delta II, CW, and Computer Control

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Subject: [TenTec] Delta II, CW, and Computer Control
From: SteveBaron@starlinx.com (Steve Baron)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 04:37:02 +0100
What operating system ? Windows ? DOS ?
Is that program 16 or 32 bit ?

Curious -= what is the 305 for ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale L. Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
To: Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: September 25, 1999 2:01 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Delta II, CW, and Computer Control


>
>Is anyone using computer software to control their Delta II on
>CW?
>
>I am using TRLog with my Delta II and am having a problem which
>Ten-Tec service says they cannot help with.
>
>Here's the configuration:
>PC running TRLog in DOS.
>Using Com1 to communicate with and control the radio (band, freq,
>mode) through a Model 305, RS232 Level Converter.
>Using LPT1 for CW keying of the radio.
>
>When transmitting CW, the radio sidetone sounds perfect, as does
>the computer speaker output.  However, when listening to the
>off-the-air signal, the keying is badly chopped up.  I'm
>reasonably sure it's the software polling the radio for status
>that is causing the badly chopped keying.  If I pull the plug on
>the level converter or the RS232 plug at the back of the radio,
>keying is nice and clean.
>
>I have fooled with some of the settable settings in TRLOG, such
>as:
>    Radio one update - the frequency with which the radio is
>polled by the software (default = 1 second, 1 second steps)
>    PTT enable -- Turn on transmitter just before a CW message
>starts and turn if off as soon as the message being sent ends.  I
>figured it might help to vary it and see if it had anything to do
>with the polling...if it was on, maybe it would stop the polling
>during cw transmission.
>    PTT turn on delay -- sets the amount of time that elapses
>between the assertion of the ptt signal and the start of the
>first CW character.
>    No polling during PTT -- program will not poll the radio for
>fre2 info during the time the ptt signal is active.  I had
>really, really hoped this would be the command that would cure
>the problem.  It did, but only partially.  I'm still getting the
>first character cut off.
>
>I know it's not the comport and it's not the software.  I swapped
>my Omni VI+3 to Com1 and it played perfectly without any of the
>above settings enabled.
>
>Anyone have a clue and suggestions as to what to look for?
>
>TIA
>
>73,
>Dale Martin, KG5U
>kg5u@hal-pc.org
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u
>
>
>
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