Mine mostly happens when I am running. It usually occurs just after the CQ
message begins. Interestingly I can sometimes operate for an hour or more
without it happening then it will occur several times. But there is no
regular pattern. It can also happen when sending my exchange or replying to
a caller. I've tried a lot of variations such as using auto cq, lower power,
different message lengths, different setup configurations and nothing either
fixes it or lets me reproduce it at will. It seems to have a mind of its
own.
I once thought maybe it was interrupted because of either the packet or
bandmap activity but going without those didn't matter either. Now I just
keep a finger close to the Esc key (because you need to finish a message
before the next can be sent) so when the PTT drops I hit Esc and then the
function key to resend the message. That way little time is lost. But
sometimes it drops immediately after this key sequence and you need to do it
all over again. Sigh.
Don VE3XD
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Turner [mailto:dezrat1242@ispwest.com]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:45 PM
To: Don Cassel; 'Mike'; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Intermittent PTT Dropout
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
At 09:24 AM 1/9/2006, Don Cassel wrote:
>Hi Bill,
>
>Power doesn't seem to matter. I run LP but have had it happen into a
>dummy load too.
>
>Don VE3XD
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Come to think of it, I have seen it here. I thought it had something to do
with a macro.
Here's the scenario:
I am S&Ping. I find a station I want to call and click the macro to send my
callsign. I then click on his callsign to enter it into the entry window. If
I click too soon, i.e. after only one or two characters of my call have been
sent, the PTT will sometimes drop, but not every time. I can see my call
still being printed in the RTTY window, but now the TX is off. I have found
that if I wait until more of my call has been sent before clicking his, this
does not happen.
Is this anything like what you are experiencing? I have no real fix other
than the delay in clicking his callsign.
Bill, W6WRT
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