[WriteLog] Fw: Intermittent PTT Dropout

[Bill Brooks]

Mike,

I had the same problem some time back and posted it here, but we never came
up with a viable solution.

Finally, I rebuilt my interfaces to include PTT and RTTY in the same 
interface so
that MMTTY would do the PTT switching. I turned off COMM PTT in the Writelog 
Ports
section. I have not had the problem since.

I know how exasperating that problem is.  Hope this hint helps.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <k4gmh at arrl.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:10 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Intermittent PTT Dropout


> Had a problem with PTT dropping out every now and then.  Obviously,
> noticed it most while CQing.
>
> V10.55D is used but believe the problem has been around for a couple
> of prior versions.
>
> Using homemade (single transistor) interface and a 800 MHz computer,
> with ~600 Mb RAM, running XP Home.
>
> Noticed that sometimes, after the computer drops PTT while sending a
> message, the computer would reactivate the PTT before the end of the
> message and then repeat the message.  Other times the message would
> end without the computer generated repeat message.  Also, if the
> message was manually started after PTT dropout, but before the end of
> the message, the computer would reactivate PTT and the rest of the
> message would be sent as if PTT had not been dropped.    The manually
> started message would be sent immediately at the end of the first
> message.  The screen displays all of the first message, even the
> section during PTT dropout.   If the dropped PTT occurred during an
> auto-CQ and not manually restarted, the next CQ would be started at
> the correct time and the PTT would not drop-out in the second message.
>
> Has others seen this problem?  Any remedies?
>
>         73,
>         Mike, K4GMH
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