At 19:20 -0500 11/25/2001, Barry N1EU wrote:
>In a revisitation of my gremlins from CQ WW SSB, I lost F Key memory keying
>eight times during CQ WW CW. At the same time, the frequency/mode button to
>the left of the log entry window displayed "No Rig!" and the indicator light
>on my rig stopped flashing. HOWEVER, I could still set frequency by clicking
>on packet spots and logging of correct frequency still occurred! A real head
>scratcher . . .
My previous experience with the keying loss was limited to that only; the
frequency display and radio control always kept working.
>I couldn't really correlate the onset of this problem with any specific event.
> In fact, once it happened in the few seconds between playing two f keys.
>
>I could not restore memory keying without exiting and restarting WL. And yes,
>lose all the packet spots (ARGHHHHH).
I solve this problem (assuming your cluster is using AR software), by entering
sh/fdx/20 (or 30 or 40) after I brought the packet cluster connection back up.
>
>Oh well. Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and the turn around in the
>propagation Sunday!
>
Sunday definitely made the contest worthwhile. I was getting really discouraged
by Saturday night (I slept all night Friday night...did anyone else go out and
see if there was any aurora? The level of A index <311 at one point> and K
index <topped out at the limit of 9> between 0600Z and 0800Z on Saturday should
have brought some good displays).
I missed DXCC on 10 meters by one country, but other than that the contest was
fun, and WriteLog worked flawlessly (this time I used my electronic memory for
keying instead of the PC). I've never been sorry I invested in this software.
Hope everyone else had a good time in the contest!
73,
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J o h n B a s t i n K 8 A J S
jbastin@sssnet.com K8AJS@arrl.net
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