[WriteLog] Erratic Cw

[JAMES T BRANNIGAN]

Gary,
Did you try using a dummy load and clear RFI as a possible cause?
Jim


> Would someone point me in the right direction on this one?
>
> So far, I have "dabbled" with WL--a serious Sweepstakes effort, both
modes,
> and lesser participations in several other contests. In CW WPX, I
> encountered a condition that I am sure is familiar to many of you, but was
> new to me. In sending CW from the program, I frequently experienced
delayed
> characters, stretched-out characters, etc. In fact, I often sounded like a
> total klutz. As I said, I don't recall experiencing this before.
>
> The computer is a 550 MHz P3, 256 MB RAM, plenty of H/D space. I run Win
98
> SE, and use LPT1 for CW, with the same cable and transistor switch I have
> used for a decade with CT, without incident. I turned off every other
> software program except AtomTime--which only updates upon request. (I need
> to keep that one active because two identical ABIT motherboards have each
> had wandering real-time clocks.)
>
> Garry, NI6T