I second Gary's recommendation. After 50 years of hamming I decided to try RTTY about 3 months ago. I tried all of the free programs and of them all, AXETTY worked the best for me.
I'm using it with an Elecraft K3 and a Lenovo laptop running WinXP Pro. I've found that the built-in sound card and AFSK using VOX for T/R switching is simple and works well. The K3 has line level in and out and transformer coupling so I've had no interface issues. This is definitely *not* a contest-friendly combination, but then neither is DXB. I've had a couple of issues, however: 1) Once in a while, AXETTY loses contact with the sound card on transmit. It appears to be sending data to the rig, but nothing is transmitted, although the VOX does trip at the end of the message, so there is some transient getting through. This necessitates closing and reopening the program to reestablish the connection. The receive function never fails. 2) Sometimes when logging a QSO the complete call doesn't appear in the log, although it does appear in the "Previous QSO" window, so it appears to get passed from AXETTY to DXB with some hiccup. This doesn't address the direct FSK issue, but it's still worth a try. Wes N7WS Gary AL9A wrote: > Ron, > > I highly recommend Joe WA6AXE's RTTY program AXETTY. I just got it up and > runing a couple of weeks ago and it is great! It uses the MMTTY engine > which is extremely popular. The great thing about Joe's program is that it > directly interfaces into DXB and will log the QSO for you from AXETTY - no > retyping necessary. Go to Joe's website at > http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/selection.html for the info and > download. > > A second alternative would be to install the full MMTTY program V1.66G and > then use the MMD.exe bridge software to connect to DXB and log the QSO info. > While this works, it is not as smooth as the AXETTY program. Both programs > will do FSK, but you may have to do some extra stuff depending upon your > computer to radio interface. I find the AXETTY interface much more flexible > and user friendly than MMTTY itself, especially with all the macro buttons > available. Either way will get you a powerful RTTY engine and the ability > to log directly into DXB. > > 73, > Gary AL9A > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Stordahl N5IN" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: November 27, 2009 9:04 AM > Subject: [Dxbase] What soundcard RTTY program works well with DXBAse2007? > > > >> Want to ditch my hardware RTTY box (it's given up the ghost) and go with >> soundcard RTTY, but with direct fsk. >> >> It should be able to at a minimum move the Q info to Dxbase. With my old >> hardware I had to retype the calls into the log and made plenty of >> mistakes it appears. >> >> So what works well? >> >> Ron Stordahl, N5IN >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
