[WriteLog] Chopped CW - Use of USB Port?

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

At 11:59 -0500 02/19/2002, K4IA@aol.com wrote:
>
>Would the serial port behave better?  Can WriteLog be configured to use a USB
>port?  I am neither a computer not a WriteLog expert but leave the issues to
>others who may be able to shed some more light (not flame) on the issue.

The short answer to this is, no.

When I first started using WriteLog I was keying the radio (an FT1000MP) through a simulated serial port created by using a Keyspan USB - PDA serial adapter (my laptop has no serial ports). In one contest it worked pretty well, CW keying and rig control through the same port, with only a small bit of erratic keying from time to time.

I have not been able to get it to work even that well since. Maybe it got worse in newer versions of WriteLog (I don't remember what version I started with, maybe 10.25 or .26?), but although rig control has been good, CW keying now is virtually unusable.

I went back to using my WB4VVF Accu-Memory keyer instead, or using the keyer in the FT1000MP if I was in a contest that required a serial number in the exchange (there are keying waveform shaping issues using the MP built-in keyer that cause me to choose not to use it unless absolutely necessary).

73,
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