[Dx4win] Packet Cluster Time Out

[Ernie]

Don,

I had a timeout problem last winter during contest season which I 
finally figured out. My DX4WIN would time out on occasion (no more than 
a couple times a day). I was used to that. But when I started using it 
for cluster spots while operating one big contest weekend, it kept 
timing out every few minutes. I am connected to the internet via DSL, 
with the DSL modem sitting near my operating desk. So after putting up 
with this for an hour or so, I placed the modem where I could see it and 
discovered that I would loose my DSL connection when I transmitted on 
160 meters. Other bands didn't bother it, but 160 did. My solution was 
to place a .01 mfd bypass capacitor across the phone line at the DSL 
jack and wrapped the phone line a few times through a ferrite core. The 
RF must have been picked up by the overhead phone line near the 160 
antenna and brought in to the house.

That just shows that sometimes it can be a hardware problem. :-)

Ernie W8EH


DONALD F MC COY wrote:
> I'm using 7.02.15 which I bought at Dayton 2-3 years ago. It had worked OK although I was not very active for about the past 6 months or so. I am a long time DX4Win user. My OS is XP Sp 2. I am using the latest TCP upgrade. I use the |3 after the selected clusters such as: AB5K, KØGND, K1TTT  as mentioned in Jim's tips but to no avail. I can only stay on for about 5 minutes and then get disconnected.  The problem was there before the TCP upgrade. I have held off from upgrading to 7.03 etc for fear of exacerbating the problem. Maybe I missed something? I am not a CPU expert but did check my settings and they looked ok. Any suggestions appreciated.
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> TIA & 73
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> Don  WØDM
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