[Elecraft] K2/Writelog computer interface

[Jack Brindle]

Guys, Jim is correct. A PC running windows and most contest/ham  
programs will key the K2 (or any other CW-capable rig) very nicely. But  
only if the computer is fast enough to handle all its tasks AND the CW  
functions as well. Don't expect an old slow Pentium 3 system to handle  
it very well. I use a 1.7 GHz Celeron running N1MM logger with great  
success (except for RFI problems...). If you are trying to do this with  
a 350 MHz P3 system, then it is definitely time to trade up.

At the same time, it is good to bug the software authors to add support  
for the K2's KY command. This command is also supported in newer  
Kenwood transceivers, so adding it for us also gets a lot of other  
rigs.


On May 11, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Dan Barker wrote:

> That's silly! Modern computers are WAAAAAY more capable than that.  
> Someone
> in charge of one of these keying programs needs to look into the  
> Win-32 API
> for starting threads with differing priorities. I'm not one of those
> programmers, but I KNOW you can make the opsys dispatch you often  
> enough, if
> you "promise to be good" (ie, not loop<g>).
>
> Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
>
> <snip>
> ... Windows NT based OS (NT/2000/XP), the cw timing problem is an  
> artifact
> of Windows.
> </snip>

- Jack Brindle, W6FB
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