Good idea Chris,
however their 80 and 40m frequencies are blocked by BC stations
over here and 160 is unlikely to be copiable.
73 de Goetz, DJ3IW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Kriss, AA5VU" <aa5vu@arrl.net>
To: "psk31-post" <psk31@aintel.bi.ehu.es>; "rtty-contesting"
<rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: [RTTY] FW: ARLB027 ARRL 2005 Frequency Measuring Test set
forNovember 17 UTC
> How about using the 17-Nov ARRL FMT to check your RTTY/PSK setup for
> frequency accuracy? Just tune the test tone and record where you
> would spot
> the tone if it was a rare DX station on the cluster. The tone
> should be no
> different than a PSK31 signal. I did it last year and I was close
> but not
> right on the money. It was a good way for me to get a feel for the
> frequency stability (or lack thereof) of my rig, the computer sound
> card and
> the software. All you have to do is put your rig on the ARRL
> specified
> dial frequency and record the offset of the test tone. If you enter,
> the
> ARRL will send you a report on how close you came.
>
> I hope to do better this year. The hard part for me will be
> remembering to
> look for the tone on 17-Nov at 0245z. It may be interesting to note
> the
> deviation in cluster spots of the ARRL FMT test tone.
>
> 73, Dick AA5VU
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