[WriteLog] records on the fly

Fri Mar 12 07:50:27 PST 2010

Gary, 
The original microKEYER is different from the microKEYER II. 
When configured properly with a three port soundcard, MK 
works correctly with Writelog "record on the fly." However, 
the soundcard must be a full "7f", the mic preamp must be 
set properly in MK and Writelog configured to echo the mic. 
There is no need for a "Y" connection but all three audio 
cables must be connected properly between microKEYER and 
the soundcard. 
73, 
 ... Joe, W4TV 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:22 AM
> To: Stein Roar Brobakken
> Cc: microHAM America; Writelog Reflector
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] records on the fly
>>> Hi Stein,
>> I've never had consistent results with the record on the fly 
> feature of WL, either with my PC soundcard or the MK II sound 
> card. If you have your MK II connected properly you 
> shouldn't need any other cable hook ups. Record on the fly 
> is supposed to work like this. Press Shift+Fn, the Function 
> key number you want to record. That puts WL into record 
> mode. Say your message into the mike - you don't need to key 
> PTT as the MK II will do it for you. When done with the 
> message press Esc key to cancel recording. Go the Setup 
> CW/SSB/RTTY messages and look at the SSB messages. The F key 
> you recorded should have the name <MSGn.WAV> in upper case 
> letters. Cancel out of the window and try to send your new 
> message with the F key you recorded. At this point it should work.
>> My problem is sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - 
> mostly it doesn't.. When I hit the Shift+Fn the MK II PTT 
> kicks in and the Line LED blinks. I say my message and I can 
> see from the spectrum scope on the IC-7600 that the audio is 
> transmitting and I can hear it in the earphones via the 
> Monitor. When I press Esc the PTT drops. I then press the 
> Fn key to play the new message. The MK II keys PTT and the 
> message plays - nothing! It has recorded an empty message. 
> The old message has been overwritten with an empty message! 
> When I look at the Fn memory bank it still has the title 
> <msgn.wav> in lower case letters. If a new message records 
> it should be in upper case. I have Vista so I'm not sure if 
> that is the problem preventing the writing out of a new audio 
> file name. My writelog.ini file has the wave file location 
> path set so it is not in the Program Files folder. Vista 
> doesn't let user programs write anything to the Program Files 
> folder, but for some reason the f ile is not being saved 
> correctly. It looks like a messae is being recorded, but 
> that message doesn't contain any audio, just an empty file. 
> This has always left me stumped.
>> Sorry I couldn't be more help.
>> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Stein Roar Brobakken 
> To: al9a at mtaonline.net 
> Sent: March 10, 2010 4:17 PM
> Subject: records on the fly
>>> Hi Gary
>>>> How doing ? J
>>>> I dumb question.. how do you get the writelog to get the 
> audio from the micro phone to record a new message?
>>>> Is that meaning Line OUT of the MK keyer box ???? and put 
> into a Y on the soundcard for MIC or line IN ???
>>>> I also experienced a Silent message recording..
>>>> 73 LA6FJA 
>>>>>>>> >>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> >> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
>> >>> >> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf 
> Of Gary AL9A
>> >>> >> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:22 PM
>> >>> >> To: Writelog
>> >>> >> Subject: [WriteLog] Record on the fly
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I'm playing around with WL (V10.73D) and my 
> Microkeyer II getting
>> >>> >> ready for the CQWW DX SSB contest next weekend. I'm
>> >>> trying to record
>> >>> >> a message on the
>> >>> >> fly to see how it works, as I've never been successful with
>> >>> >> that on my
>> >>> >> various laptop shack computers. After acquiring the MKII Joe
>> >>> >> W4TV indicated
>> >>> >> that with the MKII record on the fly would now work.
>> >>> >> Unfortunately I'm
>> >>> >> still unable to get it to work.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> When I hit Shift + F6 the MKII keys the radio 
> (IC-756PRO) and as I
>> >>> >> say the message into my Heil headset mike I can see the
>> >>> wave form on
>> >>> >> the spectrum
>> >>> >> display vary and the ALC meter shows output. I hit 
> Esc to stop the
>> >>> >> recording and then hit F6 to play it back. The MKII keys the
>> >>> >> radio again,
>> >>> >> but the message is empty - it just plays a lot of silence.
>> >>> >> On the WL Sound
>> >>> >> board setup window I've got Enable Recording Loop and Echo
>> >>> >> Microphone both
>> >>> >> checked. Anyone got a clue as to what I'm missing?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> 73,
>> >>> >> Gary AL9A
>>>>>> #-----------------------------------------------------------# 
>> Stein Roar Brobakken (aka Rag)
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