Re: [WriteLog] Radios keying up upon boot up

[Wayne <wa1pma@direcway.com>]

Ok,

Some day I'll remember to boot the computer and then turn on the radio. <G>

73.

Wayne WA1PMA

At 11:24 PM 2/3/2005 +0000, WI8W wrote:
> The reason the radios key up for brief periods upon a computer boot up is 
> because the computer needs to initialize all the serial and parellal ports 
> on each boot up.  Good idea to keep the radio off when restarting 
> computers connected to them to prevent a signal being transmitted on the 
> air or worse yet into a  connector that is not connected to anything.
>
> 73
>
> Thom WI8W

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