[digitalradio] RTTY Standard

2008-02-11 Thread Walt DuBose
What are the current RTTY standards for baud and shift? Tnx 73, Walk/K5YFW

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY Standard

2008-02-11 Thread Robert Chudek - K0RC
For amateur radio stations, 45.45 bauds and 170 Hz shift. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN - Original Message - From: Walt DuBose To: digitalradio Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:56 PM Subject: [digitalradio] RTTY Standard What are the current RTTY standards for baud and shift?

[digitalradio] Re: New ARRL HF Digital Handbook - Fourth Edition (Available October 2007)

2008-02-11 Thread jhaynesatalumni
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Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- Robert Chudek - K0RC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy, Regarding matching the RTTY tones... matching a tone is difficult for some people and easy for others. For example, some people sing off key! Were you good at matching the note of the pitch pipe in music class? :-) You said some

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Robert Chudek - K0RC
Andy, Regarding matching the RTTY tones... matching a tone is difficult for some people and easy for others. For example, some people sing off key! Were you good at matching the note of the pitch pipe in music class? :-) You said some RTTY signals did not sound the same as yours. I heard this

[digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Andrew O'Brien
-Bob, thanks for your helpful advice. I am interested in your comments about matching the RTTY tones, his and mine. A few times over the weekend I did note that my tones did not sound as musical as the tones I was decoding. Looks like I need more practice with RTTY FSK. Andy. -- In

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Robert Chudek - K0RC
I started my RTTY career using 2125 and 2975 tones... until those young brats started pushing the envelope (or should I say, squeezing the envelope) with those 170 Hz tones... things were much simpler in those good ole days... your betcha... the smell of a well oiled machine, a whiff of ozone

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
It once was very easy to copy RTTY when *everyone* used 2125 and 2295 Hz tones. Then came the 200 Hz shift TNC's and now you have sound cards and people that are up side down with their tones. And please don't get me started on no CR/LF after 70 or charters.

Re: [digitalradio] Re: Operating FSK RTTY in a contest ?

2008-02-11 Thread Jose A. Amador
Andy, I use only AFSK lately. I find it easier to net, just click on the waterfall and there you go. One asset of soundcard generated keying is that usually the tones are a bit softer, due to the use of phase continuous keying, which may not be the case with IF generated FSK inside the