[SD-User] CW Sending

[G3GMS]

I too find the memory keying speed in SD/Win v10.02 and v10.03 most
erratic and unusable and for me greatly slower than the selected speed.
Of course I did first use the CALIBRATE command.

I also found the memory keying speed in SDDOS mildly erratic in both
v10.02 and v10.03, again after using the CALIBRATE command. I abandoned
the memory keyer during today's Ropoco, using SDDOS v10.03 because of
this and the mild embarrassment it caused me.

Historically some earlier versions of SD gave me similar erratic keying
and some did not. V9.98 for example is perfect, on my computer.


73
Mike G3GMS


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul O'Kane" <paul at ei5di.com>
To: "SD" <SD-User at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SD-User] CW Sending


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GW3SB" <gw3sb at gw3sb.free-online.co.uk>
>
> > I have been using SD V10.02 for the ROPOCO Contest and have
> > necountered difficulties.  First of all the sending was very
> > much faster than it had been set for.
>
> The CALIBRATE cammand should correct any speed problems.  If
> you switch between running DOS and WIN versions, you may have
> to use the CALIBRATE command exch time.  I think that I'll
> probably add a separate calibration factor in SDCONFIG.TXT
> for Windows (the SDKEYCAL parameter).
>
> > Secondly, I found the sending erratic and, eventually,
> > gave a constant key down.
>
> I wouldn't expect the keying from SD/WIN to be more
> erratic than that from SD/DOS when used in the Windows
> environment.  I'd be interested to hear if others are
> having this problem.  In any case, this is why I support
> WinKey in SD/WIN - it removes all timing issues due to
> Windows doing "its own thing".
>
> > This is the first contest for which I have tried using
> > the Windows version and I am not happy with it
>
> In the circumstances, it's best to stay with SD/DOS.  I've
> developed SD/WIN because SD/DOS will not run (at all) on
> many laptops using WinXP.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
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