A lot depends upon your computer and what other apps you are running on it. I have a five year old quad core Intel machine running Windows XP and during contests both N1MM and CW Skimmer are often active. I typically run CW speeds of 28 or 30 wpm and might get one or two minor stutters throughout the course of a major contest. WinKey is a nice piece of gear and I've considered buying one myself, but I've never been able to justify it since I simply don't need it.
Dave AB7E On 2/14/2012 7:04 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Tim, > > If your keying speed is at 20 WPM or less you can likely get by without > the Winkeyer, but Windows does not allow the logger application to have > direct control of the serial port, so there will be some timing > differences in the keying. At slower speeds it may not be noticeable, > but as the speed increases, the timing becomes more critical - so use a > WinKey to solve that problem. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/14/2012 8:26 AM, Timothy Urban wrote: >> K3 operator used to work CW contests all manually with a paddle plugged >> into K3 and a pad of paper, now would like to experiment with an integrated >> logging setup where I use a logging program to both log and send cw. >> >> Trying to figure out the shortest line from here to there with least number >> of software applications, cables, phantom com ports, etc. >> >> Can N1MM or other logging program be set up to use my computer's one RS232 >> port to log using the vfo freq and to generate and send cw, or do I need a >> separate winkeyer USB box? >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
