[WriteLog] PTT drops out too soon

K4SB k4sb@mindspring.com
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:59:13 +0000


Bill Turner wrote:

> When I send a macro the PTT drops off too soon, about 1/2 second or so.
> If I'm sending CQ TEST DE W7TI W7TI K, I lose about half of the second
> "W7TI" and the "K".  I used a scope to look at the FSK output on the com
> port and it's still keying right to the end.  Only the PTT drops out.
> 
> I tried PTT via software control and hardware control, tried it on
> different com ports and even tried it on CW.  Tried it with the native
> RITTYRITE and also with MMTTY.  The configurations all performed the
> same - dropped out too soon.
> 
> Otherwise, it works fine.  I searched the archives back a ways but
> didn't find anything.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 73, Bill W7TI

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Well, this doesn't "fix" the problem on the new box, but have you
tried "padding" each micro with the same number of "drops" with, say
something like spaces.....? If it always drops the last 4 or 5, this
would fix it.

73
Ed