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[WriteLog] LSB is really FSK, and Entrgra Serial Hub issues

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Subject: [WriteLog] LSB is really FSK, and Entrgra Serial Hub issues
From: aa5au@bellsouth.net (Don Hill AA5AU)
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 22:04:41 -0500
Don et al,

LSB is really FSK... is only used when you use AFSK for RTTY.
In some cases, some radios need to be in the LSB mode to operate
AFSK when audio is sent from a TNC or sound card to the audio input
(or mic input) of a transmitter to send RTTY.

LSB is really FSK... needs to be checked when running AFSK and
your radio is in LSB.  If this is not checked, WriteLog thinks you are
running a SSB contest and will try to send a .wav file.  By checking
LSB is really FSK... then WriteLog knows to send the contents of the
buffer as set up for RTTY.  That is all it's meant to do (I think).  If it
changes the mode of your transceiver, that's something new to me.

If you want to run SSB, do not check LSB is really FSK...  By the way,
LSB is the standard for running AFSK on RTTY.  Some may argue 
that AFSK is for VHF only.  Well, in today's HF digital world, AFSK
means to you are sending audio to your radio and the audio shifts mark
and space.  FSK is when you send on/off keying to your radio and your
radio does the frequency shift keying unless, of course, you are using 
a Yaesu radio, then everything goes out the window. 

Hope this helps.

73, Don AA5AU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Melcher" <don@hfradio.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:46 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] LSB is really FSK, and Entrgra Serial Hub issues


> 
> I am a new WL user, but...?
> 
> Shouldn't it be FSK is really LSB? Seems bass-ackwards to me - I was
> checking out WL for FD and when I checked the option it put my IC 718 in
> RTTY when I selected LSB - shouldn't this be a switch for AFSK to put the
> radio in LSB (or, USB, if prefered) when you tell the program to go to FSK?
> Am I missing something? Why would you want the radio to go to RTTY when you
> select LSB???
> 
> But when I went back just to confirm what I was seeing, and it works like I
> expected - AFTER I changed bands. Boy am I confused!!!
> 
> Also - using the Entrgra 4Serial/2USB adapter, and the selected port stops
> responding after a while and I get a server busy window, with the whole
> program locked-up. Previous posts re:Entrgra indicate no problems. Tried
> with and without the port being configured for DOS support, and changed the
> port from Radio to TNC to Rotor - same problems.
> 
> BTW - the band-map window is REALLY cool!!!!
> 
> 
> Don
> W6ZO
> 
> 
> 
> 
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