[WriteLog] Contest problems

[Ed Muns]

Steve, K4FJ, wrote:
> During the CQWW RTTY contest, I experienced several problems 
> with WriteLog which may or may not be the fault of the software.
> 
> I used two identical computers using Win XP and networked.  
> WriteLog version was 10.79  Networking never failed.
> 
> One station lost call high-lighting four or five times during 
> the weekend and the only way I found to correct the loss was 
> to restart the computer.  This, of course, required 
> re-networking and establishing packet.
> A real pain in the heat of battle.  I suspect RFI getting 
> into the victim computer but would appreciate what others 
> have found if they have ever experienced the problem.

I have this happen once in a while and all I do is exit the Rttyrite window
and then call it up again.  Not sure what causes the highlighting to go
away.

> Another problem we experienced was the F keys got confused 
> and began sending the wrong stuff (stuff recorded in other F 
> keys).  It is a strange problem.  Restarting the computer 
> fixed it.  I am less inclined to blame RFI for this one and 
> more inclined to think that operator error may be to blame 
> but I have no idea what we did.  Both ops are experienced 
> with WriteLog.  It almost seemed that the F key memories were 
> stacking the contents.

I've never seen this, using WriteLog in over a dozen computers, notebooks
and towers.  Did this happen on both computers or just one of them?

Ed - W0YK