Tom,
You could put the 590 in the transverter mode where it doesn't transmit a
signal out the antenna connector for this testing.
As for JAWS talking, can't you tell jaws to not echo the keyboard
characters?
Howard #3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:42 PM
Subject: More Progress With CW sending via keyboard with N3FJP AC Log
> Hi, all.
>
> Well, I've made some more progress in sending CW via the computer keyboard
> with the N3FJP AC logging software.
>
> I have now succeeded in accessing the CW keyboard sending function, and in
> making the N3FJP AC log software send my specially-created function key CW
> strings.
>
> But, I have noticed what I feel are two major problems.
>
> One is that this can only be done in CW mode on the TS590, which means
> that
> I'm transmitting no matter what I do. In other words, I can't do much
> testing of the CW sending function itself to determine what I'm most
> comfortable with, since anything I send gets transmitted over the air.
> The
> strange thing is that in Scott's other contest logging programs, I can put
> the TS590 in USB or LSB mode, and still have the side tone to use for
> testing purposes without transmitting.
>
> This, to me, is a major disappointment.
>
> The other problem I found is that, of course, whenever I type characters
> to
> be sent on the keyboard, Jaws speaks those keys, which makes for a bit of
> unnecessary QRM in the shack. I had thought of turning Jaws off, but that
> would make it difficult to enter data into A C Log, for any CW keyboard
> qsos
> I might have.
>
> I appreciate everyone's putting up with my various e-mails on this topic.
> I
> hope they will be at least somewhat informative for anyone else who might
> be
> interested in trying CW via the keyboard. Obviously, I'm going to have to
> decide whether the problems I note here can be solved, or whether I might
> want to try another method for this mode of operation.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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