Agree with Ed. If you need WINKEY do it, if you don't why add to complication? Many of us don't. KIS.
I think it is a bit ironic that for RTTY, external TNC's have become passe in favor of direct computer decode/encode. However, for CW the direction is to the equivalent of a CW TNC-- at least for the transmit side. So today we have to go via keyboard, computer, computer program, PC port, PIC, PIC program and transistor to emulate closing a J-38 key or bug. 73 de Brian/K3KO Hi tech still uses 4 billion year old quartz and silicon to get their performance..... The K3 is made up of pre Sol stardust. Ed K1EP wrote: >At 2/26/2009 08:05 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote: > > >>Everybody should be using a Winkey to key CW. >> >> > >Why? > > > >>Some people will deny that keying directly from an serial port >>controlled by windows causes keying errors. When we ran DOS, the >>applications could have unfettered access to the ports. You could also >>easily harness the system clock and use it rather than the OS to supply >>the timing for CW. It was easy to background a process like sending CW >>knowing you had control of the port when you needed it. Not so with >>Windows98 and up. XP is especially bad. >> >>Ever had an application or the OS grab a hold of a USB, serial or >>parallel port and not let go when the application or process terminated? >>It never happened in DOS. >> >>One question for the doubters. If a winkey like device isn't necessary >>to send properly timed CW, why do several hardware manufacturers, Micro >>Ham, US Interface, Rig Expert, and nearly all general and contest >>logging applications support it? Just to make K1EL rich? >> >> > >Because many hams today like to buy neat gadgets, many times without >understanding what they do. I key my K3 direct from my XP PC using >the serial line. I run speeds in the 30+ wpm. I can achieve rates >of over 200+ Q/hour, and I have a very good UBN record. Applications >support it because the interfaces are out there. There are >situations in which you may actually need such a device, but a >properly outfitted PC can support direct keying. I use N1MM, CT, >DxBase and other programs with no problems. Just because something >exists, doesn't make it necessary. Existence is not proof of >necessity, and I don't even play a lawyer on TV. Everyone is free to >decide for themselves what is necessary for their particular situation. > > >______________________________________________________________ >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
