[WriteLog] 11.11C & XMMT

[Ed Muns]

Clarification.  I use the printed transmitted characters to know when to
truncate an ongoing message or to gauge when a message is about complete so
I can prepare to start a message on another radio.  Of course I use my
headphone monitor signal to precisely time my transmissions in the second
case so that I neither have dead time nor cut off the first transmission
prematurely.  

One should always use a hardware interlock in SO2R to guarantee only one
signal is on the air at a time.  The WriteLog software interlock is not
sufficient as there is often an overlap of the two transmitted signals if
you rely on it to stop the first transmission.  This isn't a bug but rather
an inevitable limitation of using software for this function.

Ed W0YK 

Don AA5AU wrote:
> Unlike Ed, I do not rely on what's on the screen when 
> transmitting for timing. Instead, I use what I hear in my 
> ears for timing between the two radios and only look at the 
> Rttyrite screen during a transmission just to make sure the 
> correct message is being sent.