I'm in full agreement. When at PJ7 I use a laptop with a standard serial port for rig control and a second PCMCIA serial port to control FSK keying, Morse keying, PSK and PTT all on a single port. Details can be found on: http://www.aa5au.com/rttyinterface.html The laptop uses XP for the operating system and proper Morse keying (my favored mode) has never been an issue. See more on my webpage at: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s/nd5s8.html Ron PJ7/ND5S Visit my Website at: www.qsl.net/nd5s ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Scace K3NA" <eric at k3na.org> To: <Dinsterdog at aol.com>; <writelog at contesting.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:56 PM Subject: RE: [WriteLog] LPT port keying from laptop > No need to get hung up over LPT port keying. >> Serial port keying works fine under Win XP on laptops. During WW CW at ZA1A, we had a laptop with WinXP at every station... and > we used serial port CW keying on the same port that controlled the radio. It worked perfectly. The interface is no more difficult > to wire up than an LPT interface. Details are in the WL Help pages. >> -- Eric K3NA >> -----Original Message----- > From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com > [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dinsterdog at aol.com > Sent: 2004 February 10 10:35 > To: writelog at contesting.com > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] LPT port keying from laptop >>> There has to be someone out there who has their lap top LPT with Windows XP > successfully keying their rig using Writelog. I have followed USERPORT > directions to a T and I get crappy broken up code from the conversation mode and > nothing from the contest mode(s). I have had a lot smarter people than me working > on ths and they are stumped- Can anyone please shed some light on what I need > to do, buy, or reexamine or is just a case of bag it since I have XP and go > to N1MM or something else- 4 days of piling > frustration..................................any help greatly appreciated. >> Regards, >> Paul N0AH > _______________________________________________ > WriteLog mailing list > WriteLog at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog > WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/ >>>> _______________________________________________ > WriteLog mailing list > WriteLog at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog > WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/ >