[WriteLog] QTC send BROKE with DXP38

ak0a ak0a@kc.rr.com
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:38:19 -0600


OPS, not true, I used DXP38 in Belize as V31GE and Costa Rica as TI2/AK0A.
You can use multiple F Keys to send more than one message in a string, I
did, worked ok for me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Mellinger WA0SXV" <wa0sxv@mellinger.com>
To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; <w5xd@writelog.com>; "WriteLog
Reflector" <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] QTC send BROKE with DXP38


> This might be related to a long-standing DXP38 problem where you cannot
hit
> multiple F-keys to send more than one message in a transmission.  On the
> PTC-II, you can, for instance, hit F-11 twice quickly and get two copies
of
> the F11 message.  If you do that on the DXP38, you get the first message,
> then transmit locks, nothing is sent, and the transmitted text that should
> have been sent appears as received text.  Weird.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
> To: <w5xd@writelog.com>; "WriteLog Reflector" <Writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:09
> Subject: [WriteLog] QTC send BROKE with DXP38
>
>
> > Thanks to Wayne, N2WK, for finding this problem.
> >
> > WriteLog will not send QTC's correctly when using a DXP38.
> >
> > I just confirmed it.  ALT-S brings up the QTC send window
> > and the QRV? buttons works, but when you attempt to send
> > QTC's the DXP38 keys the radio and the first QTC is sent, then
> > the color of the outgoing text turns from blue to black and it
> > quits at the start of the 2nd QTC.  Also, it won't send the QTC's
> > individually when clicked on.  It will send the first one, then locks
> > up the transmitter.  Hitting ESC will unkey the transmitter.
> >
> > Wayne, any way you can get this fixed before the contest this weekend?
> >
> > I have the option of using the MMTTY plug-in to transmit and use
> > my DXP38 for receive only in a dual receive mode.  I have confirmed
> > that QTC's are sent correctly using the MMTTY plug-in and using a
> > PK232.  These are the only TNC's I have, so others may want to test
> > sending of QTC's.  Create a test.wl file and log some contacts, then put
> > a callsign in the Entry Window of a station outside your continent.
> >
> > Hit ALT-S and attempt to send QTC's to confirm whatever TNC you are
> > using correctly sends the QTC's out.
> >
> > If Wayne does not get this fixed in time, you may want to consider using
> > the MMTTY plug-in.  For FSK, you will need to make an interface for FSK
> > keying from your COM port.  Use a 2N3904 or similar NPN transistor.
Using
> a
> > DB 9 female connector, tie the emitter to ground (pin 5), put a 750 ohm
or
> > something close to it soldered to the base.  The other end of the
resistor
> goes
> > to pin 3 of the DB 9 connector.  The collector is your FSK keying and
can
> be
> > put directly into your transmitter's FSK input.  This is what I use and
it
> works.
> >
> > Use radio control for PTT.  If you don't have radio control, you can
> create
> > PTT from the DB 9 connector you use for FSK by creating an exact circuit
> as
> > described for PTT using a 2nd NPN transistor with the emitter to pin 5
> (ground),
> > a 750 ohm resistor from the base to pin 4 of the DB 9 connector and the
> collector
> > is your PTT lead.  Pretty simple stuff.
> >
> > Good luck and hopefully this DXP38 problem will get fixed in time.  I
> don't know if
> > it's a problem just with the DXP38 or not.  It's best to check your TNC
> now
> > to make sure it will send QTC's with WriteLog.
> >
> > 73, Don AA5AU
> > http://www.aa5au.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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