[WriteLog] MMTTY problem during ROUNDUP

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I'm not sure the 'stall' on send is the same problem that Don experienced
that the F keys did not work.
And I'm pretty sure it's not a Writelog issue because....
It happens to me when using MMTTY standalone also.

It took a long time for me to realize that because I rarely cq using MMTTY.
Usually just calling DX.
As far as I can tell, it's not related to what is sent as much as how many
times it's been sent.

But it appears in WL during contests because the criteria is more like to be
met.

And yes, it happened to me during last weekends contest.
I've learned not to panic and just wait.

I do wonder if anybody has HEARD this and wondered what it was.
I know I had it happen more than a few times.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "WriteLog Reflector" <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] MMTTY problem during ROUNDUP


> > On 3 separate occasions during the Roundup, when I pressed an F key,
> > the transmitter would key up, then drop.  I didn't want to close the
> program
> > right away and was thinking what I should do when I tried it again and
it
> > worked.
>
> I think I've had that problem too.  What happens here more often, has been
> described before, but no solutions offerred.  After CQing for awhile, a
> press of the CQ F-key results in a prolonged mark tone for maybe 3-4
seconds
> (seems like eternity that someone's thinking you are an idiot!).  After
this
> long mark tone, it gets going and is fine.  Bill, W9OL, has described this
> as resulting after a certain period of CQing.  I don't think I've ever had
> it happen during an auto-CQ.
>
> It's annoying and probably bugs the other guys.  (This is with FSK keying,
> MMTTY 1.62.)
>
> We really need to get rid of that "slow startup of MMTTY FSK" thing
though.
> It doesn't have anything to do with lockouts etc, because I had it
yesterday
> with 1R setup.
>
> Another observation about efficiency - I sorta like the guys that have a
> "tail" at the end of their transmissions!  When I hear that, I know they
are
> done and hit my response key immediately just as or before their last tone
> tail drops.  Otherwise you never know if they will send BK, their call
once
> or more, or whatever.  ;-)
>
>
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