Ron,
Our experience here at KV1W MM in CW contests with Writelog has been excellent.
We run two computers with 300MHz PII's and one with a Pentium 266.
During a contest Geoclock is usually running as well as Writelog.
Usual speeds are in the mid 30's.
Above 40 and with more things running and user interface activity you can cause
very minor but noticeable pertubations, but you have to try.
We here have found it very satisfactory and I am sure you would.
73, Ric KV1W
Ron Stordahl wrote:
> I have been looking at options to make the transition from DOS to Win98 for
> my shack computer.
>
> Experiments with trial copies of logging programs for Win98 have resulted in
> my discovering that all of them generate less than perfectly formed CW.
> Authors of two of the programs have responded to me that its a problem which
> results from Windows responding to interupts from other processes which need
> attention. As most of you know a single processor system can really only
> service one process at a time. It only appears to be multitasking because
> it can switch between tasks (processes) so quickly. What happens is that
> while in the middle of a CW character the system is interupted to do a disk
> i/o or respond to moving the mouse, etc, etc. This can change the length of
> a dot or a dash. The faster your processor is the less noticable will be
> the impact.
>
> Efficient programming can help, i.e. fewer instructions to accomplish the
> same function. So I would expect the quality of the generated CW to vary
> with different programs.
>
> So my question: Have you listened very carefully to the CW that Writelog
> generates? Do you notice any imperfections? You should have other
> applications running, perhaps typing, moving the mouse, generating some
> other activity.
>
> My system is a AMD 266 Mhz processor, a faster system would help I am sure.
>
> I am currently a CT user with DOS. But as I said I would like to make the
> switch to Win98 for the shack, because there is so much good software for
> hams available for that OS.
>
> So I am hoping to hear that WriteLog does a great job generating perfect CW.
>
> Ron N5IN
>
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