[CQ-Contest] Beginning Contesting?

[Ken Beals]

As far as I know, with N1MM you cannot do both CAT and
CW from the same serial port.  You can do CW from the
LPT port, so I would do that (hopefully your laptop
has one parallel port).   If not, the other option is
to use a USB-to-serial adapter for the CAT connection,
and the "real" serial port for CW.  

Or, if you have a PCMCIA/CardBus slot, you can add an
adapter there for either serial or parallel.

Ken K6MR



> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Deni" <deni1 at tiscali.fr>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 13:43
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Beginning Contesting?
> 
> 
> > I am a long time ham, but not tried modern day
> contesting, just some Field
> > days when contesting was a lot different many
> years ago.
> > I think I am aware of the requirements but having
> problems setting up the
> PC
> > interface.
> > 1. I want to operate CW tests using my Kenwood 950
> with CAT
> > 2. I want to use my laptop with *one* serial port
> to do *both*  the CAT
> and
> > CW keying (real CW keying not by feeding audio in
> on SSB)
> > 3. I want to use either or all of  these programs
> N1MM, MixW, Commcat.
> >
> > Any pointers on how this should be configured as
> regards CW keying and CAT
> > from one serial port, is it possible? I can get
> CAT working fine but
> cannot
> > get true CW keying to work,  I can send CW by
> using SSB mode and feeding a
> > tone in but that is not the way I want to generate
> CW. .
> > I am using cables from W1GEE,  the LCU3-K for CAT
> and the LCU-BA with a
> > rigblaster all of which I know to be good, it's
> just me.
> > Any help or general pointers in getting this set
> up will be appreciated,
> > thanks.
> >
> > 73, Deni
> > F5VJC, GM3SKN
> >
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