[Elecraft] K2/Writelog computer interface

[Jim W7RY]

Not true...

I run Writelog with MMTTY which is a RTTY plug in with rig control and it 
works just fine on an 800 MHz CPU.

I also have used it running CW transmit, CW decode (with the sound card), 
packet screen, rig control, (FT-1000MP) and rotor control with NO PROBLEMS.
I use a home brew optoisolator interface for PTT, FSK keying for RTTY, and 
CW Keying output. These are all hooked to the COM-1. I use a an after 
market 4 port card (Equinox) for my other 4 serial ports.

BTW the K2 is fully supported in Writelog. Just select it as you would your 
Ken-Icom-Yae.

Always works fine. I've won many a RTTY contest with it.

73
Jim W7RY




At 12:46 PM 5/11/2005, Jack Brindle wrote:
>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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