One more wish list item - the ability to share a comport between rig control
and CW, which would make DXbase the same as Writelog, for those of us who
use both programs.

Jim N7US


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dxbase Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:36 PM
Subject: [DXBase] W5XD/K5DJ keyer


I had gotten frustrated trying to get CW keying to work with DXbase 2004
with my PC running XP.  I just couldn't get it to work with a serial port,
and the parallel port keying was really choppy.  My current PC is very fast
with lots (1G) of RAM, so I knew that wasn't the problem.

I knew that the W5XD/K5DJ keyer would solve the problem but, since I had a
keyer (OK, more than one) I didn't want to shell out the $230 or so.  Well,
I found a used one on the qth.com want ads for $125, added a new EPROM from
K5DJ for $20, and it works great, both with a paddle and the keyboard.

That keyer is also for SO2R (single-operator, 2-radio) contest switching,
but I have only one HF radio, so I am not using that capability.  Tomorrow
I'll play with the keyer and Writelog.  The keyer is described on the
Writelog web page: http://www.writelog.com/

I would like to see the DXbase option of using PTT on CW with this keyer.

Jim N7US


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