[WriteLog] [microHAM] MK II CW suddenly choppy

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> System is Windows Vista 32 bit, IC-7600, MK II, PW-1 amp. Anyone else
> run into to this problem with WriteLog 10.83E?

Was the problems present in Writelog 10.81 or 10.82?  "What's New"
indicates there were changes in the WinKey driver in 10.83.

Have you made any other changes in configuration?

73,

   ... Joe Subich, W4TV
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On 2/19/2011 1:58 AM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Since trying to get started in the ARRL DX CW contest this weekend I've
> noticed a problem with the sending in my MK II  that has never occurred
> before.  On my CQ message the keyer will intermittently pause for a moment
> in the middle of my call or the word TEST resulting in a space being
> inserted in the string.  For example the message "CQ TEST AL9A" will
> sometimes send as "CQ TES T AL 9A", "CQ TE ST AL9A", "CQ TEST A L9A ", or
> "CQ TEST AL 9A".  The pattern seems completely random.
>
> I know it is not RF related because it will occur even when the IC-7600 has
> its CW setting set to break in off.  This essentially makes the radio a code
> oscillator and no RF is being keyed.  I tried to think of anything that has
> changed recently and the only things I came up with since the last CW
> contest were to upgrade WriteLog to 10.83E and install a new HP Officejet
> 4500 printer.  I went into System Configuration and turned off the HP
> Digital Imaging software in the Startup folder and the printer itself.
> Problem is still there.  I went back to an earlier CW contest log in
> WriteLog dating prior to the 10.83E upgrade and the keying problem is now
> present with that message buffer too.
>
> System is Windows Vista 32 bit, IC-7600, MK II, PW-1 amp.  Anyone else run
> into to this problem with WriteLog 10.83E?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
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