After 2 years of using WL in AFSK mode, I finally got busy last night and
wired up FSK. If someone had told me long ago that I could just take the
same transistor circuit I use for CW and move it from pin 4 to pin 3 on the
COM port, I would have done it long ago!
Anyway, I also noticed that the transmission time in FSK seemed to be
shorter than I am used to in AFSK. Didn't look into why, but hope that
extra 1 second less per transmission will help lead to more QSOs!
See you guys this weekend.
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of WA9ALS - John
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 10:43 PM
> To: Writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Any new thoughts on "stuttering"?
>
>
>
> I hadn't run Winrtty in AFSK for awhile until this afternoon - Now I
> remember why - stuttering. I had forgotten about it because it doesn't
> happen in FSK. I had a long QSO with a friend, and he observes the same
> behavior. Idle diddling is irregular, and there is a delayed mark tone
> at the beginning and end of each transmission, essentially regardless of
> PTTDELAY (not exact syntax) settings in the ini file.
>
> I've just been timing one contest exchange buffer - In FSK mode it takes
> 4.85 seconds from keydown til keyup, but the same buffer in AFSK takes a
> full second longer. The end result is irregular diddling and a delayed
> mark tone at the beginning and end of transmission - even in ALT-K mode
> (doesn't depend on something like %R being at the beginning of the
> buffer).
>
> My report was in general that the signal sounded MUCH BETTER in FSK
> mode, mostly due to timing/regularity.
>
> Does anyone have any NEW comments on AFSK vs FSK and the "stuttering
> problem"? I only ask because I might run AFSK if I could get it to
> operate and sound like FSK!
> How many of you guys are running AFSK and how many FSK? I basically
> wouldn't use mine in AFSK due to these characteristics. Thanks - 73
>
>
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