[SECC] CW sending from CT or NA

Joe L Blackwell aa4nn@juno.com
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:02:23 -0500


Unless I misunderstand what you are trying to do,
You can key your rig from inside a contest template by
typing TUNE in the callsign field.  ESC to quit.
73,
Joe, aa4nn

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:02:29 -0500 <n4uk@mindspring.com> writes:
>    I have a technical question for those of you who are using NA or 
> CT to send CW from a parallel port. Is there a way to have the 
> program key up the rig without relying on VOX and the transmission 
> of a character first to do this? I built parallel interfaces long 
> ago that send cw from LPT but rely on VOX. THis is not good for the 
> TR relays especially when an antenna relay system, lockout relays, 
> etc are used that add delay to when the amplifier relays are finally 
> keyed up. This causes the RF relays to occasionally be hot keyed 
> which will eventually lead to relay failure. I need to have the rig 
> and all relays keyed first and THEN the CW to be sent a few 
> milliseconds later. Is anyone doing it this way????
> Ken , N4UK
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