Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Joe, I bet that was it. Bob, W9BF emailed me earlier with the same info. I too was able to decode a W7, think it was W7DX, he was in there till the end. Maybe he was working a different contest, he was making Q's I could copy. I'm getting to the age where Senior moments happen but I thought I did everything right and it wasn't working. Now I feel better. A celebratory beer is in order! Thanks & 73, Gary KA1J > I was doing the exact same thing. I was done with my FT8 and wanted > to check things out for this weekend´s contest. I could see lots of > RTTY on the P3. So I tuned some of the stations with MTTY and no > decode. I did eventually find one station that was decoding. It was > a W7 station. > > That meant something was working. Then, I changed baud rate - set it > to 75 and now I could decode most of the RTTY traffic I was seeing > (some of the weak ones or the 45 stations - not so much). The source > of most of the RTTY I was seeing at the time was the BARTG Sprint 75 > contest. > > Maybe you ran into the same issue. > > 73. > Joe, KO8V > > > On Sep 17, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > > > Hard to enter a short subject that is > > complete... > > > > Have a K3s using USB to the computer & the > > internal card for digital modes. > > > > I wanted to work a few Q's in the RTTY > > contest and have been using WSJT-X for FT8 > > contacts. > > > > In the K3s WSJTX requires Data A for FT8 > > and in MMTTY it requires AFSK A (45BPS is > > normal). > > > > I went to use MMTTY after using WSJTX and > > with an excellent scope copy of the RTTY > > signals, gibberish is on the screen. I > > tried Reverse; REV in MMTTY and tried ALT > > in the K3 and no benefit. I tried so many > > things to decode in MMTTY but nothing > > worked until some random change in a K3s > > setting worked and then perfect copy as > > usual. > > > > I later clicked on WSJT to make a Q, the > > radio complied and switched to the > > settings for WSJT and when I went back to > > MMTTY, the copy was again gibberish. I > > don't recall what it was I did to set the > > K3s back so MMTTY can decode RTTY I did > > return it to AFSK A 45 but nothing > > decodes. > > > > It was a K3 setting that made the > > difference but I have no idea what it was > > I chanced on. anyone work out this issue > > yet when switching from WSJTX to MMTTY & > > the change in settings then required in > > the K3s? > > > > Thanks & 73, > > > > Gary > > KA1J > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to g...@ka1j.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
I was doing the exact same thing. I was done with my FT8 and wanted to check things out for this weekend’s contest. I could see lots of RTTY on the P3. So I tuned some of the stations with MTTY and no decode. I did eventually find one station that was decoding. It was a W7 station. That meant something was working. Then, I changed baud rate - set it to 75 and now I could decode most of the RTTY traffic I was seeing (some of the weak ones or the 45 stations - not so much). The source of most of the RTTY I was seeing at the time was the BARTG Sprint 75 contest. Maybe you ran into the same issue. 73. Joe, KO8V > On Sep 17, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > Hard to enter a short subject that is > complete... > > Have a K3s using USB to the computer & the > internal card for digital modes. > > I wanted to work a few Q's in the RTTY > contest and have been using WSJT-X for FT8 > contacts. > > In the K3s WSJTX requires Data A for FT8 > and in MMTTY it requires AFSK A (45BPS is > normal). > > I went to use MMTTY after using WSJTX and > with an excellent scope copy of the RTTY > signals, gibberish is on the screen. I > tried Reverse; REV in MMTTY and tried ALT > in the K3 and no benefit. I tried so many > things to decode in MMTTY but nothing > worked until some random change in a K3s > setting worked and then perfect copy as > usual. > > I later clicked on WSJT to make a Q, the > radio complied and switched to the > settings for WSJT and when I went back to > MMTTY, the copy was again gibberish. I > don't recall what it was I did to set the > K3s back so MMTTY can decode RTTY I did > return it to AFSK A 45 but nothing > decodes. > > It was a K3 setting that made the > difference but I have no idea what it was > I chanced on. anyone work out this issue > yet when switching from WSJTX to MMTTY & > the change in settings then required in > the K3s? > > Thanks & 73, > > Gary > KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Don & Wes, I'm stymied by what caused the problem. Sometimes using N1MM with MMTTY there is a bit of software change and PTT-KEY change but never just running MMTTY alone with the K3s. When I went to N1MM it was with AFSK A and it was already in the data mode as my last 20M Q was with WSJTX. Everything seemed normal in every way except garbage was what was being sent to the screen. Finally I tried to have the K3s decipher by changing the DATA MD to FSK D. Now the K3 was not deciphering either. Based on a suggestion that mentioned on-off... I shut down WSJT and MMTTY and retried and it worked for decode on MMTTY. Why that would have an effect on the K3s decoding I have no idea. I'll revisit the issue later this week, there's a RTTY contest coming up but for now while things are working, I'll enjoy the air a bit & make a few more Qs. If I find out anything helpful, I'll post that here for anyone with the same issues, later. 73 and thanks, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Make sure the pitch in the K3 matches MMTTY. On 9/17/2017 12:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote: Hard to enter a short subject that is complete... __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Gary, One thing to check is when you change from WSJTX to MMTTY, does the K3 data mode change to AFSK A in LSB mode? If not, the software is to blame. The sequence of commands (or lack of commands) sent to the K3 may be part of the problem. You certainly can use DATA A for RTTY if you shift to the ALT sideband, but the bandwidth will likely be set wide. Where are you trying o decode? on the K3 or on MMTTY? 73, Don W3FPR On 9/17/2017 3:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote: Hard to enter a short subject that is complete... Have a K3s using USB to the computer & the internal card for digital modes. I wanted to work a few Q's in the RTTY contest and have been using WSJT-X for FT8 contacts. In the K3s WSJTX requires Data A for FT8 and in MMTTY it requires AFSK A (45BPS is normal). I went to use MMTTY after using WSJTX and with an excellent scope copy of the RTTY signals, gibberish is on the screen. I tried Reverse; REV in MMTTY and tried ALT in the K3 and no benefit. I tried so many things to decode in MMTTY but nothing worked until some random change in a K3s setting worked and then perfect copy as usual. I later clicked on WSJT to make a Q, the radio complied and switched to the settings for WSJT and when I went back to MMTTY, the copy was again gibberish. I don't recall what it was I did to set the K3s back so MMTTY can decode RTTY I did return it to AFSK A 45 but nothing decodes. It was a K3 setting that made the difference but I have no idea what it was I chanced on. anyone work out this issue yet when switching from WSJTX to MMTTY & the change in settings then required in the K3s? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Gary, What bandwidth are you using in AFSK A. Normally it defaults to 400 to 500 Hz, but your switch from DATA A to AFSK A may be confusing it. I cannot speak to interaction between WSJTX and MMTTY, but you may find something there in the switchover. Normally in MMTTY, you tune to a specific signal where in WSJTX you are setting to a wide bandwidth to view the waterfall of all signals in the passband. This is only a guess. Some control programs send commands to the K3 in the wrong order - changing modes before making a band change is one instance - that does not work with the K3/K3S. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/17/2017 3:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote: Hard to enter a short subject that is complete... Have a K3s using USB to the computer & the internal card for digital modes. I wanted to work a few Q's in the RTTY contest and have been using WSJT-X for FT8 contacts. In the K3s WSJTX requires Data A for FT8 and in MMTTY it requires AFSK A (45BPS is normal). I went to use MMTTY after using WSJTX and with an excellent scope copy of the RTTY signals, gibberish is on the screen. I tried Reverse; REV in MMTTY and tried ALT in the K3 and no benefit. I tried so many things to decode in MMTTY but nothing worked until some random change in a K3s setting worked and then perfect copy as usual. I later clicked on WSJT to make a Q, the radio complied and switched to the settings for WSJT and when I went back to MMTTY, the copy was again gibberish. I don't recall what it was I did to set the K3s back so MMTTY can decode RTTY I did return it to AFSK A 45 but nothing decodes. It was a K3 setting that made the difference but I have no idea what it was I chanced on. anyone work out this issue yet when switching from WSJTX to MMTTY & the change in settings then required in the K3s? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] OT? K3s - WSJTX - MMTTY conundrum
Hard to enter a short subject that is complete... Have a K3s using USB to the computer & the internal card for digital modes. I wanted to work a few Q's in the RTTY contest and have been using WSJT-X for FT8 contacts. In the K3s WSJTX requires Data A for FT8 and in MMTTY it requires AFSK A (45BPS is normal). I went to use MMTTY after using WSJTX and with an excellent scope copy of the RTTY signals, gibberish is on the screen. I tried Reverse; REV in MMTTY and tried ALT in the K3 and no benefit. I tried so many things to decode in MMTTY but nothing worked until some random change in a K3s setting worked and then perfect copy as usual. I later clicked on WSJT to make a Q, the radio complied and switched to the settings for WSJT and when I went back to MMTTY, the copy was again gibberish. I don't recall what it was I did to set the K3s back so MMTTY can decode RTTY I did return it to AFSK A 45 but nothing decodes. It was a K3 setting that made the difference but I have no idea what it was I chanced on. anyone work out this issue yet when switching from WSJTX to MMTTY & the change in settings then required in the K3s? Thanks & 73, Gary KA1J __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
