[WriteLog] Anyone have RTTY problems during Roundup?

[W0SD Ed Gray]

Here at W0SD we had some issues.  We had the stuttering issue or 
spurting issue.  We had some windows like the multiplier window that 
would not "land" on the screen.  We ended up in the heat of the contest 
having to quickly network a laptop with a V. 10. 86 that worked and use 
it to see some of the windows. The problem as on the 20 inch monitors 
that we had this issue.  We  tried different screen setups but it did no 
good.  I have one very wide screen, 24 inch I believe and they managed 
to land just on the edge of the screen and we could pull them in.

We had where when we tried to enter some things from the screen it would 
go to the wrong place in the entry window. I think it was to the Report 
sent.  I just got rid of that entry on the fly. It was a little scary!  
I am sorry but I don't exactly remember for sure but I think that was 
what it was.  As you say Don we were trying win so it was hard to keep 
track of errors.   We also had an annoying unknown multiplier error when 
it was not an unknown multiplier.  I think it was DX only and we found 
if you just put something in the QTH window, ie serial number it would 
then show the country and not give the unknown multiplier error.  When 
we worked the station we put in the correct serial number.

We had some color highlighting problems and the multiplier window was 
not even available, ie grayed out.  The help says something about a 
mulitplier module but we could not find it with the contest going on.    
We were using V 11.01F.  I should know better than use a recent 
version.  Usually there are no problems.  Anyway it is a wonderful 
program and I see some features  in recent Versions that are nice.

Ed W0SD

On 1/9/2012 5:45 PM, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> I had an issue this weekend and so did Steve, AI9T.  My issue was an occasional delay from the time I hit a function key to the time
> the actual message went out.  This only happened maybe 20 times, maybe more or less, I was too busy to keep track.  When I hit a
> function key, the transmitter would key but the message did not go out until 4-6 seconds later.
>
> Steve had this problem as well as a problem with received text not scrolling across the Rttyrite screen appropriately.  He describes
> it as "stuttering" where the text would not scroll across the Rttyrite screen as it was being received but instead come out in
> spurts.  To me that sounds like a buffer situation but I'm not familiar enough with how that works.
>
> Mike, K4GMH, did not have any issues.  All three of us were set up for two radios on one PC.  I had a third radio connected to a
> laptop on the network but did not experience any problems on that computer.  Steve and I were running 11.01F.  Not sure what Mike
> was running.
>
> Did anyone else have these, or any other kind of problems with WriteLog this weekend?  If so, please let us know only if you did
> have a problem and if so, what version of WL you were running.  Thanks!
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
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