[WriteLog] Save is Slow with large logs

[Marty Tippin]

We used Writelog 10.39C last weekend in the ARRL DX SSB contest Multi-Two 
effort from PJ2T. Computers ranged from a 450MHz Pentium II to a 450 MHz 
Pentium III. Overall, the program worked great as it usually does.

However, there was a nagging problem which grew more obnoxious with every 
QSO: After we reached somewhere around 2000 Qs, saving the log started 
taking longer and longer, up to about 10 seconds at the end of the contest 
when we had 12500 contacts in the log. During the time the log was being 
saved, the computer was worthless -- any Auto CQ would hang the radio in 
transmit, and you couldn't type anything in the call entry window. 
Basically, we were forced to abandon the use of the DVK when we thought an 
autosave might be coming up, and had to "fill" airtime while waiting for 
the machine to become usable again.

The problem was most evident on the Pentium II machine, and generally not 
an issue at all on the PIII box.

Anyone had similar experiences? Solutions? Suggestions?

Thanks

-Marty NW0L
  martyt at pobox.com