[RTTY] FW: Problem with radio programs

[Dick White]

Thanks to K5WW Gert, N5UWY Peter Laws, KE1JF Tom, and K0JN Joe for their
suggestions. I have tried them all and no luck getting the radio programs to
work. Did a "Systems restore" twice back when the RTTY programs were
working. That did nothing to help. I don't have the sound card drivers or
software to re enter them again. I checked the sound options that Peter
suggested and found nothing mutes and everything looked ok. I took my sons
external speaker system and connected them to my computer and tested for
sounds and nothing came through them. I am beginning to think it may be the
mother board and/or sound card. Not sure if the sound card is on the mother
board or separate.

I have tried the 3 programs, MixW, MMTTY and N1MM. When I open any of them
there is nothing in the waterfall and there is no waterfall engine at all in
N1MM. I tried N1MM  a few minutes ago and this happens: Opens up ok, no
MMTTY engine o Click on button to exit - does not exit and I lost the task
bar on the call entry window and there is nothing showing in any of the
windows open. I can't exit as the exit button is gone and I have to power
down and turn off the computer and start again to get back to the desk top.

I just put my wife of 65 years in a nursing home and I sure need my RTTY
back to help me cope. If there are any more suggestions they will be
appreciated. If there is a separate sound card I will replace it. If it is
on the mother board I will have to rethink my options.

Thanks to all for reading my woes.... 73  Dick

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:49 PM
To: RTTY Contesting
Subject: [RTTY] Problem with radio programs


I have a problem with trying to use my radio programs. All were working ok
until two days ago. When I boot the computer the green light blinks 3 times
on the RigBlaster Plus as it always does to show a connection. I only use
the radio programs for RTTY rag chewing, chasing DX and RTTY contesting.
Programs I use for RTTY are, MMTTY (ver.1.65),  N1MM (ver.7.10.0 and MixW
(ver. 2.18). OS is XP Professional.
I first noticed it when I opened MixW, there was nothing showing on the
water fall and no print on the screen. I opened MMTTY and it was the same,
except, in the water fall space it said "Lost sound". I opened N1MM and the
MMTTY engine was missing. Not there at all. When I try to exit N1MM and
MMTTY, it will not exit. The little hour glass shows it is trying, but
nothing happens and it does not exit. I have to unplug the power cord to
shut off the computer and then plug it back in to reboot.

I did not change anything. This just started on it's own. I have checked all
the cables and reseated them. I can still S/R CW and SSB. I have checked the
settings on my radio and I do not see anything set wrong. The RF is wide
open and the AF is set to my comfort level. The rig is set to antenna "A",
which is where I use it all the time.

Equipment: Mark-5 Field,  RigBlaster Plus, MMTTY, N1MM with MMTTY engine and
MixW. I have plenty of space on my hard drive and 1 gig of memory. I do not
know what sound card I have. But, it has worked ok for the past 5 years.

I know nothing about the inner workings of a computer. Can someone help me
find out the problem? I want to get back on RTTY soon as I am having
withdrawal symptoms. hi.

Merry Christmas    Dick  KS0M

Richard C. "Dick" White
Fulton, MO. 65251  U.S.A.
whiter26 at sbcglobal.net

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.
Speak kindly. Leave the rest to GOD.

Amateur Radio Station - KS0M

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