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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks, Bob, for your quick reply to my
posting. I wanted to let you and anyone else interested know how things
turned out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Your advice rang true and I remembered that
recently I had moved the Win-Key a little closer to the rig just to clean up the
wiring in the shack. After reading your post, I moved it a
little further away, added some more ferrites and replaced the Dell
keyboard (it has a mushy feel anyway; the replacement Dell keyboard had a
better feel and a built-in ferrite which the first one did
not). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Result: problem gone and WT performed
fine during the IARU.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As an aside, before taking the above steps, I
noticed something strange: when CQ repeat was on, the repeat speed
would follow the speed set in WT only for the first CQ and would follow the
speed set on the Win-Key on subsequent CQs. I guess this must have
been a result of RF getting into the Win-Key. It no longer does
this. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks again for your help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>73, Hal W1NN </FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=n6tv@arrl.net href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">Bob Wilson, N6TV</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=support@win-test.com
href="mailto:support@win-test.com">support@win-test.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 08, 2011 11:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WT-support] Sudden Keying
Problems</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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 style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" class=Apple-style-span>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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks & 73,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hal
W1NN</FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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