[WriteLog] Radios keying up upon boot up

[Wayne]

Ok,

Some day I'll remember to boot the computer and then turn on the radio. <G>

73.

Wayne WA1PMA

At 11:24 PM 2/3/2005 +0000, WI8W wrote:
>The reason the radios key up for brief periods upon a computer boot up is 
>because the computer needs to initialize all the serial and parellal ports 
>on each boot up.  Good idea to keep the radio off when restarting 
>computers connected to them to prevent a signal being transmitted on the 
>air or worse yet into a  connector that is not connected to anything.
>
>73
>
>Thom WI8W