At 17:32 12/20/2005, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:
> ...What good is a rig with a RTTY decoder only? I don't see the
>need or appreciate the value of a built-in decoder ...
My RTTY contesting rig is the ICOM 756PRO. It also has built-in RTTY
decoding (but no direct TX support).
I use the RTTY decode screen as a back-up decoder, and was pleasantly
surprised to find that it usually outperforms my other TUs (I use
MMTTY plug-in with Writelog). On really difficult sigs, I sometimes
have to read the exchange from the 756 and type it into WL.
A friend across town has a 756PRO3. He has never had a RTTY Q in 50
years on the bands, but often "reads the mail" on his rig's RTTY decode screen.
Jerry W4UK
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