> The other side of the story is that it is one extra piece of
> equipment to bring along on an expedition or have around the
> shack. It is one more point of failure. Take TX5C as an example,
> most of their MicroHam CW interfaces failed on the expedition and
> they were forced to use straight keys and paddles.
That's complete nonsense and you need to stop making false statements!
Only one unit (a DigiKeyer) failed at TX5C and it did NOT include
a WinKey. The failed unit was a DXpediton loan unit and was not
been returned for evaluation. Given conditions on the trip, the
failure is probably due to environmental conditions (power problems,
lightning, saltwater bath, etc.) rather than a circuit failure.
The three microKEYER II units from the trip are in use in the home
stations of three team members (they asked for cables to use them
with their home stations when they returned) and the other two
DigiKeyers on loan for the trip were returned in good shape.
73,
... Joe Subich, W4TV
microHAM America
http://www.microHAM-USA.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed K1EP
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:55 PM
> To: R. Kevin Stover; Dave G4AON
> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Issues with cw keying line in
> N1MM with K3?
>
>
> At 7/12/2008 01:38 PM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
> >Ditto the Winkey.
> >
> >Just because you've gotten away with it in the past doesn't mean you
> >will always get away with it. You never know what combination of
> >processes running will cause a windows interrupts glitch.
> >
> >Using Winkey N1MM is sending nothing but ASCII text to the keyer as
> >opposed to having N1MM tell the OS to assert the serial line and key
> >the rig, when windows thinks it has time to do it.
> >
> >It also makes up for some of the soldering you didn't get to do when
> >building the K3. ;-)
>
> The other side of the story is that it is one extra piece of
> equipment to bring along on an expedition or have around the
> shack. It is one more point of failure. Take TX5C as an example,
> most of their MicroHam CW interfaces failed on the expedition and
> they were forced to use straight keys and paddles.
>
> The point is, there are multiple methods for doing CW keying. They
> all work if set up properly. It is up to the user to weigh the
> merits of the chosen method as compared to the others and based on
> their individual needs.
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