[WriteLog] Stuttering CW

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

Although my LPT interface works quite well most of the time, it does
fall down when I'm receiving lots of packet activity via telnet. The
stuttering is pretty embarrassing.  So I recently got a K1EL WinKey
($39 board kit, +$19 for enclosure and connectors) which eats and
buffers ASCII via a serial port and sends it as clean CW. It seems to
work well for computer sending although I haven't yet subjected the
system to the huge packet load that I experience during SS. It doesn't
work well for paddle sending - synchronization problems and delays
between computer and paddle sending. That can be solved by using a
separate keyer for paddle sending just like I do when using parallel
port computer sending. That's a nuisance but it's no worse than
LPT+keyer and the stuttering problem is probably solved.

/Rick N6XI 


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:47:50 -0500 (EST), Steve K4FJ <k4fj at myway.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I experience stuttering CW this weekend in the contest.  Drove me nuts.  Using 10.52, WIN 98SE, P2/350, using LPT port for CW with a W1GEE interface.  Used NO packet--only rig control via COM port.
> 
> Maybe RFI?
> 
> Suggestions are appreciated.  I am old and broken, but I don't send CW that badly.
> 
> 73, Steve