[WriteLog] CW keying with WL

Wed Oct 22 16:53:29 EDT 2003

Doug,
You can add transistor keying to either the parallel port or a serial Com 
port. The parallel port will not directly drive an optoisolator but the 
serial port will. I would recommend the transistor and use whichever type 
of port you have available. The parallel port is a little easier IMHO.
73, George .. W1ZT
At 02:10 PM 10/22/2003, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm not a CW op, but want to try using WL for CW RX and TX.
>The RX is easy with my current set up, but I'm not sure what's the
>easiest way to add CW TX. Apparently, there's no provision for
>sending CW from the sound card. It looks as if adding an optoisolator
>or transistor to LPT pin 16 is the next easiest way to do this.
>>Or is there something I'm missing?
>>73, doug
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