Steve, Thanks for the reply.
I don't have a serial port on my computer and hate to use up a PCI slot to add one. So hooking up to the serial handshaking lines isn't really an option. Seems like many of the PC vendors have decided to get rid of all the "legacy ports" from newer motherboards which is a shame. Re the "scratchier straight keys": wonder what it'd do with a scratchy bug!? :-) I'll have to give that a try. But seriously, the rig also the has big problems with my external keyer and that certainly has no contact problems. I wonder if any other CW operators out there have experienced similar problems? Please let me know if you have. 73,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Mike - ke5akl -----Original Message----- From: Steve Kallal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:47 AM To: 'Mike Walsh'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] (no subject) Mike, I've given up on the rear CW jack for straight key use, at least for now. I haven't mentioned it much lately, but probably should. My symptons are not as bad as your's, but similar. I use COM1 on my PC for straight key use. COM1 is a real COM port on my new quad core motherboard, kind of rare these days. One user (I think W9OY) commented on this reflector, that it is best to use a real COM port and not a USB to serial converter. It depends on how busy the USB bus is. SIIG makes a PCI card with a pair of serial ports. The catch 22 is that PCI slots are getting hard to come by on new mother boards. Dale, replied that you should clean your contacts. It is true that my scratchier straight keys were more problematic. But all straight keys, even my best one, have problems on the rear CW jack. I should add this to the Bug Tracker. 73, Steve N6VL _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
