FROM IARU Website. Beacon Interference The major interference problem for beacon listeners occurs on the twenty meter frequency of 14100 kiloHertz. The IARU/NCDXF beacons have been on this frequency
The ARRL also has this to say: "5) Interacting with non-contesters ... c) Band plans ... Band plans are just that - plans. They are designed for normal circumstances when band loading is much lighter
With many RTTY folks using software that provides a graphical image of received signals (.e.g a "waterfall"), spotting other stations within the RTTY bandwidth is fairly easy. When you finish transmi
That operators are expected to recognize the potential for interference with a signal that is audible (or visible) is a reasonable assumption. For the not insignificant fraction of RTTY contesters us
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- If we want to be really serious about this, contest rules should declare a "guard band" around the beacons, and stations violating it should be publicly disquali
I think we can take courteous operating seriously without having write every possible scenario into a set of draconian rules for each contest. I disagree. With proper education and gentle peer pressu
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- How well is it working so far? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
If you dial says 14,002 both your mark and space will be out of band. this I don't understand - "I myself use 1415 and 1585" - are you saying that you tones are 1415 and 1585 ? If so I will never eve
Jim Rhodes K0XU jim@rhodesend.net Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone. _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://list
Guess you won't hear me at 1275/1445 either. But of course you can't tell what freq we are listening to on your end. Jim Rhodes K0XU jim@rhodesend.net Experience is the thing you have left when every
Key 2 words being - "using software" - I don't nor do I have a waterfall. I can park my mark between your mark and space and have a QSO with out missing a letter using my 35years old 28 ASR teletype
Sure you will. I think over in Europe many of the op's use low tones. Wouldn't make any difference on your end. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@con
Sure you will. Say I'm calling CQ and my radio dial reads 14.081.50. Since I'm using AFSK and LSB, my mark signal will be 14,081,500 Hz - 1415 Hz = 14,080,085 Hz. The Space signal will be 170 Hz lowe
When it enters and leaves your antenna, RTTY is two radio frequencies. It's not necessary for anyone else to know what intermediate audio frequencies you're using to receive and/or generate these two
The reason the dials would be reading differently is because the radios have not been calibrated to display the mark frequency, which is the convention for RTTY operation. On older radios we'd do tha
Correct, but the dial may read correctly, depending on the radio and how it is set up. For instance, the FT1000MP SHOULD be set to "OFFSET" in the menus so it will automatically add the AFSK offset