My apologies to all ... this was supposed to be a direct reply. I didn't mean to perpetuate the thread on the reflector. Sloppy addressing on my part ....
73, Dave AB7e David Gilbert wrote: > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
