[RTTY] WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I use WriteLog for my everyday RTTY program. I have done this for 12 years. When a contest comes around I don't have to relearn my
contest program... seems to work for me.

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Eric - VE3GSI
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:19 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION

Should I ask - WriteLog  and 17 meters? mmmmmmmm!  Perhaps it is something Wayne and Steve wrote into the program to prevent
accidental operation on those bands?  <Big Grin>

As for the RFI issue. Have you tried fussing with the keyboard?  I sort of recall someone (maybe on this reflector) having weird
issues with RF getting into the keyboard.

Eric - VE3GSI.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU"

>I have an RFI problem on 17 meters. I cannot operate more than 100 
>watts or my FSK stops shifting. So it's definitely RFI getting  into 
>something. I have tried a few things and the computer chassis is  
>grounded to my large copper plate where all my grounds go. The  ground 
>wire is less than 18" to the copper plate.
>
> The weird part about it is that when the carrier stops shifting, the 
> message in WriteLog stops. If I lower the power, the rest of the 
> message goes out so I don't actually lose anything being transmitted.
> I have changed my FSK interface, tried each of my five COM ports and a 
> few other things I can think of.
>
> It's almost like the RFI is getting right into the PC and stopping the 
> message from going out. I don't have this problem on my laptop. Just 
> haven't figured it out yet. Doesn't seem to be a grounding problem 
> though.
>
> Don AA5AU
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On 4/4/2012 2:19 PM, Bill wrote:
>> I've connected computer case to radio for years.
>> I can't honestly say I ever noticed more or less rfi.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Every situation is different.
>
> Here, without the ground wire between computer and radio, 160 meters 
> is useless above 400 watts. The keyboard locks up.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT

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