[ct-user] "Stutter" in transmitted CW

Hans Brakob k0hb@juno.com (Hans Brakob)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:38:32 -0600


Switched from v9.31 to v9.37 just before SS.

Never seen in previous versions, but 9.37 seemed to sometimes
"stutter" on sent CW characters.....

Not consistently, but often enough to be bothersome, it would mangle
a character by inserting a "mini-pause" between character elements...

...for example the number "0" might sound like "MO" because of a
little glitch between the 2nd and 3rd dash, or "B" might be sent
as "NI".  The pause is not enough for a "full" character break, but
definitely confusing.  On average, I'd say the "stutter" occured
once every 10-15 QSO's.

I've used v8.xx, 9.20, 9.21, 9.31, and now 9.37.  This problem was 
NOT in these earlier versions I have used on this same computer 
(a venerable Compaq 486-33).

73, Hans, K0HB


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