[WT-support] erratic CW sending with internet

[pa2a at xs4all.nl]

Mike,

With a 1 or 2 GB memory or even 512 Meg it is best to turn off the virtual
memory so no large disk access is necessary anymore.

On the computers I also turned off the sleep and hibernate modes to speed
up booting. All update mechanisms of Windows and other programs are turned
off.

The only CW error I hear sometimes is when the time becomes XX:00:00 and
the MSN clock Wizz style is enabled. A dot then becomes a dash. I have
also set graphics on 16 bit to lower processor load.

73 's Steef PA2A

> This is not just the case. I've tried keying using my main computer
> which is a dual core 2.2 GHz with 2GB of RAM and the CW sounded bad on
> that one while the old 1.8 GHz with 1GB ram at the contest station
> sounds great. It just stutters a bit when I ALT + TAB too much with
> heavy applications going (like firefox etc).
>
> So I can't really define what the real problem is, if it's Windows
> hardware interfacing towards some hardware which messes things up or if
> it is just software. I've never seen this problem with Writelog or N1MM
> though...
>
> Anyway, I think that Winkey is probably the way to go to make sure one
> gets rid of this problem but according to some the WT implementation of
> the WK chip isn't perfect.
>
> CU lads in 9A CW this weekend!
>
> Mike, SM2WMV (SJ2W)
> http://www.sj2w.se
>
> Milan Pelech wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> I am sure Jorge means 256 MB RAM, not kB. It would be little memory for
>> MS-DOS also. But doesnt matter, because both values in kB or MB are too
>> low for serious operation WinXP :-)
>>
>> My Dell Latitude D600 with 768MB RAM and XP Pro+SP3 with no problem
>> during CQWWCW this year. Used LPT keying ofcourse, and last WT 3.27.1.
>> No time for Microham setup and cabling. But only single op activity. No
>> WT network used.
>>
>> In the past LPT keying troubles were registered only in large WT
>> networks like IARU HF headquarter operation. I think it depends mainly
>> on CPU load in compilance with network log sync traffic, system access
>> method to LPT port (different in W98 and NT systems like W2k,WinXP), LPT
>> BIOS settings (alowed DMA or strict IRQ) etc.
>>
>> GL de Milan, OK1VWK/OL3R
>>
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Bob Wilson, N6TV
>>   To: support at win-test.com
>>   Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:33 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [WT-support] erratic CW sending with internet
>>
>>
>>   I am kind of puzzled by these reports because I never had a timing
>> problem running Win-Test 3 with LPT port keying even on slow PCs.  But
>> since then I started using a WinKey (comes with MK2R+).
>>
>>   The only time I could make LPT CW sound funny was when tried to use
>> the mouse to select a Win-Test menu item while it was sending.  Other
>> than that, the CW was perfect.
>>
>>   But I agree, 256 KB RAM is way too little to run anything on Windows
>> XP; the result will be lots of memory paging and disk I/O and that
>> will slow everything down.
>>
>>   Is everyone seeing a new issue in Win-Test 4 having to do with poor CW
>> timing when using LPT or COM port keying instead of a WinKey?
>>
>>   73,
>>   Bob, N6TV
>>
>>   On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:23 PM, OK1VSH Standa <ok1vsh at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Source of this problem is Windows. You must use for example products
>> from K1EL
>>
>>     Patrick 9A5CW wrote:
>>       Hi,
>>       try this small utility
>> http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html maybe helps a bit,
>> check your current CPU speed b4 using this utility.
>>
>>       73
>>
>>
>>       On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM
>> <cx6vm.jorge at adinet.com.uy> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have  PIII 1000 MHz with 256 RAM
>> A nice laptop still with LPT port!
>>
>> This weekend we try internet and seems that when internet is
>> running, some pages are loading or the spots are refreshing, the
>> CW that send through a LPT interface became very bad.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes CW6W, CW5Q, or something very bad instead of the
>> correct CW5W.
>>
>>
>>
>> IS this notebook marginal to use with internet and Win-Test?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>> CX6VM/CW5W
>>
>>
>>
>>       --
>>       9A5CW - Patrik Hrvatin
>>       --... ...--
>>
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