[RTTY] MMTTY-laptop problem revisited

[Byron Lichtenwalner]

Don
>From your description it looks like your USB-Serial  converter is the 
problem.  Any chance you could confirm this by borrowing one of the MicroHam 
interfaces that have excellent RFI rejection?

Byron, W3WKR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W5FKX - Don" <w5fkx at cox.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: [RTTY] MMTTY-laptop problem revisited


> Last month I posted a question as to whether anyone had any suggestions to
> help solve an apparent RFI problem with my portable station using MMTTY 
> and
> a new laptop. A couple or responses suggested toroids, which I have tried,
> but without any luck. I thought that I'd try once more to see if anyone
> might have had a similar experience and found a solution. Here is the
> equipment/software lineup:
>
> - IC-706MkII, using FSK output from rear ACC connector
> - Rascal interface
> - USB-Serial converter (Manhattan Computer Products)
> - Gateway M325X laptop w/XP Home
> - MMTTY v. 1.65
>
> When I hit the MMTTY TX button, the rig goes into TX, but the software 
> locks
> up. Hitting the RX button does no good, and when I try to exit MMTTY, I 
> get
> a "Program not responding" message and I have to terminate the process to
> exit MMTTY. If I then turn off the trcvr and re-start MMTTY w/o re-booting
> the PC, the trcvr goes into TX.
>
> I have to manually power-down the trcvr and re-boot the laptop in order to
> re-set everything. This occurs even at the lowest output power level (5w). 
> I
> have toroids on all leads going to the laptop, as well as aluminium foil
> wrapped over the port-converter's components in the in-line plastic-hooded
> serial connector. I have tried several different antennas, both during
> portable and at-home operation. Nothing works.
>
> Interestingly, I have no problem with PSK using DigiPan and running up to
> 50w.
>
> I have used this same setup for years with an older Gateway laptop that 
> had
> a serial port and never had a problem, even without toroids. I also use 
> the
> same software and a Rascal interface for my home station and have not
> encountered any problems, even at high-power.
>
> Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated!
>
> 73,
> Don W5FKX
>
>
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