[TRLog] First character of QSL message "STICKS"

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

GM Frank:

When DOS writes to the HD, and more importantly, to the floppy drive, it 
pretty well stops all other interrupts, thus causing CW keying to sound 
really poor.

Try adding the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:


    LH c:\windows\smartdrv.exe A+ C+

This will buffer your output to the HD and allow CW keying to continue with 
little, if any, noticeable difference.

Good luck,

Tom Hammond   N0SS

At 08:27 AM 1/12/03, you wrote:
>Last night in the NAQP I had comments about  my keying that was causing 
>some confusion for the listeners and also for me!!
>
>For some reason the first character of the QSL message that the computer 
>sends "sticks" on for what seems like a long time maybe half a sec or 
>so...all the time. !....It only happens just prior to  the QSL messages 
>when TRLog is writing the Q to the log edit window.  There is some setting 
>to do with the PTT and CW send delay that isn't right. It doesn't happen 
>when I call in S&P  or when calling CQ and responding to a caller.....only 
>with the second ENTER key to put the Q in the log.   I stopped  my 
>contesting at one point to see if I could figure  it out as it wasn't 
>happening with other config files for other contests although it has 
>happened before at other times.  I reset the PTT ENABLE to TRUE and set 
>the delay to about 10 and rebooted the PC and it seemed to not be as 
>bad....but the sticking is still there.    I'm still working on 
>it.  Something may have changed in the PC as well.   This all started 
>around the time I wired my 25PIN LPT1 Plug to accept a paddle so I could 
>use the paddle with TRLog for chatting etc ....
>
>I am using a FT1000MP with  VOX off and the BK IN button set for QSK and 
>the internal KEYER turned off.  What settings should I be using for the 
>PTT and the CW DELAY etc??
>
>I am running TRLog on a 330mhz notebook with WIN98...TR runs in a DOS 
>window so are there any AUTOEXEC.BAT  or CONFIG.SYS commands that may be 
>impacting this issue??
>
>Tnx to all for the Q's in NAQP
>
>73 Frank VO1HP
>
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