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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Win-Test has been performing fine recently. I
worked 450 stations in FD and had 630 contacts in the RAC with no
problems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Last night in the NCCC Sprint, Win-Test went crazy
on me. I set things up an hour in advance and when I hit F4 for my first
contact, it kept repeating my call and esc would not stop it. I shut
off the rig (K3, 100 watts no amp) and when I turned it on again I got "key
err" on the display. I probably should have shut down WT instead of the
rig. Next I shut down WT and started it up again. This time it
wouldn't send at all even though it said "Win-Key detected." I rebooted
the computer 2-3 times but it still wouldn't key. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Then I created a new log and everything was
okay again. I finished up the last 12 minutes of the contest with no
problems. This morning I tested the log file that gave me so much trouble
last night and it works fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This morning I have also been testing things to see
if I could reproduce last night's problem and unfortunately I was successful on
a different band with a different antenna. I was using the F1 CQ message
but it wouldn't stop sending and ESC will not work. Rebooting the
computer fixed the problem. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The computer is Windows XP Pro
SP3. The computer is less than one year old. I am using
Win-Test Ver 4.5.1</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I wonder if anyone has experienced something like
this and what you did to fix the problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am planning a full effort in IARU tomorrow so I
am worried that this issue could surface again during the
contest.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks & 73,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hal W1NN</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>