[WT-support] Speed jumps up occasionally

[Ken Chandler]

I had an occasional problem.
Used MicroHam mk2 keyer with a K3.
I Was not using ++ ---,
my issue was when I logged a call the F3 TU G0ORH speed increased from 33 to at least 40 while in ESM mode.
Disabling ESM all was fine!

Ken..G0ORH 

CW4EVER

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On 1 Dec 2010, at 07:07, "John Warburton G4IRN" <qrz at dxdx.co.uk> wrote:

> To echo what others have said - we also had problems with the messages 
> getting faster. We were NOT using an outboard keying device, the CW was 
> being keyed directly from the PC's. I guess that may eliminate Winkey as 
> being the issue? We were however using ++ and -- in the messages.
> 
> As someone previously stated, it seemed like a neat idea at one point that 
> the speed should increase with the QSO rate. However it all got a bit silly 
> when it got too fast and we had to revert to hand-keying, as altering the CW 
> speed would not get it back to normal.
> 
> John G4IRN
> Op at P3F.
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Using +++ and --- in the CW messages is the root cause. I used the default
>> exchange that has the speed up for the "TU" for this past CW contest and 
>> the
>> super fast CW spurts error returned. I had not used the speed change in 
>> the
>> message all this year as I suspected this was the cause but it is too 
>> random to
>> prove. My WinKey CW has been solid for every contest until last weekend
>> when I used that feature again.
>> 
>> 73 Rich KL7RA
>> 
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