That simply isn't accurate. It might be true on a slow computer (or one bogged down with other junk) , since N1MM (the author) makes it very clear on his web site that he doesn't try to optimize the code for older machines, but I've run direct keying from N1MM in many contests over the last few years without ever a glitch. K7ZB and I ran a continuous 48 hours as a multi/single entry in the CQWW CW contest last November, completed over 1500 contacts, and hit the F1 key countless thousands of times ... all without any issues. Keying speeds were typically 26 to 28 WPM, but often faster.
I know of several other active contesters who have had similar results without resorting to Winkey, although it is indeed a very nice piece of hardware. Dave AB7E WILLIS COOKE wrote: > This is a very well known problem. It has been documented by N1MM and many > contest publications. It is not a problem with N1MM, it is a problem with > WINDOWS. If you change to another version of N1MM or a different logging > program, you will have the same trouble. The usual solution is to purchase > and use a WinKeyer. Virtually all CW contesters > have done this. The other alternative is to revert to DOS and an old > unsupported DOS logger. I am not sure if buying a MAC will help. > > The problem is the way that WINDOWS handles interrupts. It does not give a > high enough priority to the serial bus to allow proper keying at anything but > very slow speeds. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
