<div class="gmail_quote"><p>This sounds like a stuck key problem, with RF getting into the keyboard or the WinKey, not a Win-Test problem.</p><p>To confirm this RFI theory, back off power to 5W, then see if you can still recreate the problem. Then slowly increase power to 100W to see if the problem returns.</p>
<p>You <i>might</i> be able to bypass the problem by going into the Windows Control Panel, Keyboard, and setting the <b>keyboard repeat delay</b> to a much longer value, but a better solution would be to reorient the cables, check that all coax connectors are tight, and add ferrites on all cables connected to the computer and WinKey.</p>
<p>73,<br>Bob, N6TV</p></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Hal Offutt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hal@japancorporateresearch.com">hal@japancorporateresearch.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 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. </span></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></div></blockquote></div>