[WriteLog] microham & WL

[Don Hatlestad]

Chuck,

I like the microKeyer so far, though I have only had it for 
a couple of weeks or so. Last night, I updated WL to 10.51 
for the K1EL keyer support. A quick test proved that it works 
into a dummy load. Hopefully I will get on the air in short 
order. My experience got off to a rough start because the 
cable that shipped with the microKeyer had a defect. A little 
solder and a little patience fixed it.

Many messages were posted to the WL reflector about hashed 
RTTY and CW letters. In order to prevent that from happening 
from the start, I installed a USB 2.0 card with four ports. 
Right now, I have a USB high-speed wireless network adapter 
and the microKeyer plugged in and it seems to work great. I 
would recommend a USB 2.0 card and USB 2.0 compatible equipment 
to anyone trying to use a USB to serial adapter, whether it 
is a microKeyer or not. The throughput for USB 2.0 is 10x 
faster than USB 1.0 and that seems to make a difference.

Don AC7FA