My last post on the subject (I promise). I am using the COM port on my Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop. And I am having occassional hiccups, anyway. In the WPX CW contest, I had about 15 "episodes" while working over 1000 QSOs. What's that...1.5 percent or something? It's not a show stopper but switching from the LPT port to the COM port is not a fix. Rob K6RB