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Subject: [WriteLog] Erratic Cw
From: nr1dx@arrl.net (Dave)
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:44:21 +0000
Gary

If the earlier change to the writelog.ini file didn't solve the problem,,, 
then make sure  that you don't have a program called "FINDFAST.EXE" running 
in the background . I think but am not sure that this is the a WIN98 
equivalent to an old DOS TSR which is loaded in the background. I suspect 
that either MS WORD or MS OFFICE SUITE installs this little  port hog 
without asking during installation. Go to FIND FILES and look for it and 
rename it.

Dave

PS: Was thinking of you the other day when I was standing thigh deep in a 
little trout stream up here playing "tug-of-war" with a 16 inch brown 
trout  8^)


At 05:16 AM 5/27/02 +0000, Garry Shapiro wrote:
>Would someone point me in the right direction on this one?
>
>So far, I have "dabbled" with WL--a serious Sweepstakes effort, both modes,
>and lesser participations in several other contests. In CW WPX, I
>encountered a condition that I am sure is familiar to many of you, but was
>new to me. In sending CW from the program, I frequently experienced delayed
>characters, stretched-out characters, etc. In fact, I often sounded like a
>total klutz. As I said, I don't recall experiencing this before.
>
>The computer is a 550 MHz P3, 256 MB RAM, plenty of H/D space. I run Win 98
>SE, and use LPT1 for CW, with the same cable and transistor switch I have
>used for a decade with CT, without incident. I turned off every other
>software program except AtomTime--which only updates upon request. (I need
>to keep that one active because two identical ABIT motherboards have each
>had wandering real-time clocks.)
>
>Garry, NI6T
>
>
>
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Dave
NR1DX
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