[WriteLog] SSB keying problem

K4SB k4sb at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 19 18:08:49 EST 2004


K4BEV at aol.com wrote:
> During NAQP-SSB the sound card voice keyer worked great, for a while.
> As time went on a press of a function key would key the radio and after a bit
> the message would start transmitting. As the contest went on the time between
> keying the rig and the message starting got longer and longer. When the delay
> got to about 3 seconds I abandoned the voice keyer.
> During a break I rebooted the computer and everything was back to normal for
> a while and then the delay kept creeping up again. Again rebooting the
> computer fixed the problem.

Well, this is a SWAG, but I think the problem might be the way Windows
handles its SWAP file. Here, on all my machines, I take control of
virtual memory, and limit the size of the swap file to no more than
400 MB.

Device Manager, Add/Remove and click on the right box. ( I think )

73
Ed


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