A very good solution is the K1EL "WinKey", either standalone, or embedded in other products such as the microHAM series of station controllers. "WinKey" runs off a USB port and is supported by WriteLog and many other logging programs. DISCLAIMER: I have no business association with the products mentioned above. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op Minnesota Wireless contesters - http://www.W0AA.org Arizona Outlaws contesters - http://www.arizonaoutlaws.net Twin City DX Assn - http://www.tcdxa.org Central Arizona DX Assn - http://www.cadxa.org Lake Vermilion DX Assn - http://www.lvdxa.org CWOps - http://www.cwops.org SOC - http://www.qsl.net/soc Twin City FM Club - http://tcfmc.org -- Sea stories here ---> http://k0hb.wordpress.com/ Request QSL at ---> http://www.clublog.org/logsearch/K0HB All valid QSL requests honored with old fashioned paper QSL! LoTW participant -----Original Message----- From: k2mme at juno.com Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 9:25 PM To: writelog at contesting.com Subject: [WriteLog] cw without an LPT? My current XP computer is about to expire so I won't have a parallel port to key the rig. What is the latest technology to do cw. Any obvious problems with WL and Windoz 7? Howie K2MME ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4e3325cb8dcf32b3176st01vuc _______________________________________________ WriteLog mailing list WriteLog at contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/