[WT-support] WT and Winkey

[G3SJJ]

Is there any progress on making WT work correctly with Winkey yet?

I was operating in the FOC Marathon last weeeknd and had really bad 
problems. It is still very unstable. At one stage I had closed the 
computer down during a rest period. On rebooting at 0600, it took me 30 
minutes to get to a stable situation, consequently I missed some 
importna pre-sunrise DX QSOs. At first, keying from the paddles 
connected to mHam Keyer was normal, but when I pressed an F key, CW was 
sent to the PC loudspeaker instead of keying the radio, re-booting and 
reopening WT produced the same situation. Eventually I got to stage when 
WT was keying the radio correctly, but the speed variation between 
internal CW and via mH Keyer was again apparent. It is not good 
operating practice to transmit the character  '  when changing speed up 
or down using Alt F9/10. Also at times to would just send the first 
character of the F key message. eg F instead of FOC G3SJJ G3SJJ FOC.

I am now setting up for RSGB 1.8MHz Contest, and again the  '  character 
is transmitted at Alt F9/10. In independent speed both speeds are 
currently set to 30wpm. The computer speed is correct whilst paddle sent 
speed is much slower. Adjusting the speed knob so that the speeds are 
the same shows 30 and 34.

Earlier in this test session if I sent on the paddle and then hit an F 
Key nothing happened, as I reported after CQWW. Now, if I send a paddle 
message then hit an F key the first character is dropped. EG (Paddle) 
Pete    (Computer)  NN  instead of 5NN, or Est instead of Test. This 
only appears to happen when there is nothing in the callsign field.

I am now at the stage when using WT is more of a liability than an asset 
and each time I run the program I ask myself what new features I will find!!


73 Chris G3SJJ