Here are a couple of things to check Joe. Unplug your cable and try
applying 12 VDC between pin 4 and pin 5 to see if your rig keys. This will
confirm the cable is ok. When you are in WriteLog, make sure the frequency
& mode are set for CW band. If you don't have the rig interfaced to
automatically update frequency it is easy to get WriteLog set for SSB and
not know it. It won't send CW unless the mode is CW. To set freq/mode press
the button on the left end of the entry window. (It may say No Rig, or 3500
kHz).
73, Pat K0PC
At 10:21 PM 11/21/02 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote:
>I've been screwing with this for awhile, until last night when I found out
>I had the emitter and collector reversed on a 2N2222. Having fixed that
>little problem, I plugged the cable into a 9 pin COM3, the other end to
>the key plug and......NOTHING.
>
>COM3 checked out fine with Writelog since I plugged the rig into it and it
>worked fine. So it's not the COM port. I built the circuit using a 9 pin
>connector, with pin 4 (DTR) going to a 1K resistor to the base of the
>2N2222. Pin 5 (GND) goes to the emitter and to ground. The collector
>goes to the tip of the CW key plug.
>
>I did a continuity test on the entire cable. NO breaks, I'm getting
>continuity all through the cable. Yet, when I press F2 to send a message,
>NOTHING HAPPENS.
>
>Have COM3 set on the Port setup, with PC Generates as the CW Type. Went
>into the properties for COM3, it's 8N1 and I changed the baud from 9600 to
>1200 (this is a Win2K machine). Nada.
>
>I'm about ready to sit this weekend out. Anybody have any clue at all
>what I should check next? Life is too short for this nonsense.
>
>73, Joe KQ3F
>
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