[WriteLog] Locking up during a contest..

Wed Feb 1 09:44:47 EST 2006

If you have a phone line attached to your PC that could also be a big
source on RF on 160.
GL
Steve AI9T
www.ai9t.com
> Bill,
> I had a similar problem a bit ago and it turned out to be RF and not WL.
> Com ports, mice, and keyboards are real sensitive points to stray RF.
>> Try adding a toroid to the keyboard cable and make sure your PC is
> grounded good.
>> 73
> Dan, N8IE
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ukbrown <ukbrown at acsol.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 9:04 am
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Locking up during a contest..
>>> My same problem is still with me I have a computer that was
>> built by a local comuter store...We just recently put in 1
>> gig of RAM and in the 160mtrs test it froze on me
>> twice...What I mean by that, it will not let me in;put the
>> cal to the call field..I can send via the F keys and hit
>> enter or F1 for cq but cant put any call into the field..The
>> curser is all ok also.. I have to reboot and then it will
>> work fine for a bit or for 6 hours or more before it does it
>> again...We have cleared off just about all programs except
>> the few like adobe that I need...Help..PTL bill K0UK
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