[WT-support] erratic CW sending with internet

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Ciao Nicola,

se hai 5 minuti chiamami che ti spiego a voce.

73s Mauro



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From: <pa2a at xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:15 AM
To: <support at win-test.com>
Subject: Re: [WT-support] erratic CW sending with internet

> 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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