Seems my rtty write will not un-key on 40 meters only ! Com 1, software FSK TXD, software FSK DTR Using %E at the end of the string Anybody else experience this ?? Rick - WU6W _______________________
Well guys, that's what I thought EXCEPT I can switch to MMTTY and use the SAME hardware and everything works fine. The only thing different is the software. I also switched to three different 40 mete
Well, I wish MMTYY was good enough in the logging section. For my money MMTTY out decodes anything on the market, so much for receive, FSK is FSK and that is how I transmit. The MMTTY log is the shor
Well sports fans, turns out to be RF at 40 meters, and not much of it, effects the USB to serial adaptor on the Icom Radio link. Couple of ferrite chokes seems to do the trick to stop it. Running 150
Of course the Mystery of why only Writelog and not MMTTY remains !!! (The hardware is still connected) Rick - WU6W Well sports fans, turns out to be RF at 40 meters, and not much of it, effects the U
Is there a list of material that are "proper" to post on this reflector or that just made up as we go along ???? Personally I enjoy the comments, strategy, joys and disappointments from the ACTIVE co
Kind of what I remembered Bill, Thanks for the reminder. Rick - WU6W REPLY: Quoting from the webpage http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/RTTY at contesting.com: "This is a general purpose RT
My personal favorite is "5NN" on RTTY !!!! I did see the dreaded "IN XX" a couple times. I saw the "IN IN DE" once. And a couple times I saw someone use "GA" in the context of Good Afternoon, said co
You guys just answered a question I have had -- how do some guys, not too many but one or two, answer my CQ's W-A-Y off frequency.. Like in this day and age of digital !! Yea - 40 years ago it was ea
"Think about what our contests would be like if the only participants were those who thought they had a chance to win!" Very well said ED. This is a point most organizers and avid "to Win" contesters
Food for thought !!! Of course to be eligible for that you would have to limit the op time to a couple hours. Otherwise the 48 hour guys will grab that too !! Rick - WU6W How about this, the most con
Me thinks the organizers see us as "CHUM" to bring in the contest sharks Bob !!! Remember, those 48 hour guys wouldn't have anyone to score with if us poor decrepit few hours here - few hour there gu
Make sure your Contest Parameters have the correct locatinon/Grid Number (Tab at the top of the page under "Contest") Rick - WU6W information WL _______________________________________________ RTTY m
I remember back in the days of SPARK we had to CW ID on rtty but we sent everything RTTY with just the ID, for the FCC, in CW. Anybody else remember that ? Rick - WU6W and it was awful I don't know i
Some of the early RTTY programs (On your trusty TRS-80) would allow the mark-space cw id as a macro. Some guys just keyed across a resistor in the 70 mill loop. The lads today don't know how good the
Deep breaths, maybe a paper bag if things get too bad. Happens to more robots than anyone would think. After 3 less emails than actual contestants they will believe they have a problem and fix it. If
Gary - wait until they really push Speech-to-diddle or speech-to-CW !!! Remember where you heard it first ! I can see it now, some guy yelling at his cat to get off his rotator !! Might be more bloop
Tried a stint of RTTY CQs on 1.830-1.840 a couple months ago with no takers... Seems to be a good mode for weak signals on this band but it doesn't seem to be catching on... Rick - WU6W ORIGINAL MESS
No person or group "owns" any frequency -- period Why would you even respond to an unidentified call ??? Rick - WU6W So there I was, enjoying a nice run in the RU on about 14.133 at 23:54 or so and a
Must be like the fake "Maritime" (20M phone) net that let's mariners THINK they have a link to civilization but in fact the net is so inept they kill people ! Rick - WU6W That was a WINLINK operative