[WriteLog] Operating system--followup

[gbaron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ron Stordahl
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:07 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com; W0UN--John Brosnahan
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Operating system--followup
>
>
> John
>
> You raise many issues.
>
> One issue for me is CW generation.  While some say letting the computer
> generate CW using DTR on the serial port is acceptable, for me it is not.
> Only in DOS was it acceptable, with Windows I have never found a
> machine or
> program which generated uniform CW.

I have no problem with CW on either my AMD 1200 or P4 2.8. I think is a non
issue for most. Especially in a contest the exchange is so short that I
would be wiling to bet 99.99999% could not tell that you are using a
hardware keyer if asked. It might be nice but it is far from worth the money
in my opinion UNLESS PERHAPS if you are going ot do SO2R.


>
> Thus I bought the W5XD multikeyer+, mainly for the CW capability and with
> the dream that I would set up as SO2R at some point.  I have not gotten to
> SO2R as yet and have had a few years in which to do it..it may
> never happen.
>
> I would like to see just a W5XD CW keyer, it's too late for me,
> but if there
> would be significant cost savings then I believe a lot more
> people would go
> that route and the endless disappointments with DTR keying would
> be a thing
> of the past.
>
> As to OS, seems like you should stick with W2K, unless its been
> reported as
> otherwise I would bet it would be reliable.  I do hope that some day
> Microsoft regrets their new licensing..but I am not holding my breath.  I
> have tried the latest Linux from Mandrake and it seems very nice, just no
> logging/contest programs worth using are available as you know.
>
> It looks like you are building your own machines...I also do this
> and its my
> choice for the future.  I thought it might be tricky, then a 10 year old
> neighbor built his own machine!  It can be done in an evening,
> and you only
> need install what software you want, not all the junk that comes with
> pre-built systems.
>
> Ron N5IN
>
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