Every now and then during a RTTY contest, I hear a station that sounds like they are typing the characters as they go, such that the letters get printed more slowly than if they had been sent out aut
Jim, I was ragchewing one day with a w7 who was using a K3 in AFSK-D mode who had similar symptoms. His sig was strong enough for a good copy. When I listened the signal actually sounded like it woul
I also use a microHam interface and do not have that problem. The only thing I can think of with a microham interface doing that is with the strict bps box checked. For me if it sent RTTY that slow I
Actually I know of several CW contesters who have done just that to get their feet wet in a RTTY contest. I'd be surprised if it was something the K3 was doing. In AFSK the K3 just sends the audio as
One thing that might cause the odd spacing is if MMTTY is set to transmit "WORD OUT" rather than "CHARACTER OUT". (This can also set it to "LINE OUT".) The wait may be till the word is in the buffer
I think Charles meant the use of FSK-D. That is the mode in the K3 that takes paddles. One tell tale sign should be the drunks appear to slow down when sending J and numbers and then speed up when th
Jim, I believe those stations have (accidentally?) moved the "Char wait" and/or "Diddle Wait" sliders in MMTTY from the left most positions. If I recall correctly, "Char Wait" will add extra space be
Because there is no way to echo the RTTY buffer in the microHAM "Keyer Protocol"s FSK interface back to the computer, some programs opted to use only a single character of the buffer. I, for example,
Shouldn't MMTTY also be sending diddles if a word is not yet ready to be transmitted? If so, the audible RTTY cadence that we are used to hearing won't be broken. Everything will appear to *sound* no
I use Writelog/MMTTY. Why would you not use the limiting speed setting then? I have tried the Strict BPS setting and it was distinctly slower. Real similar to what I have heard on the air. That simpl
There is no need to do that. MMTTY's "Limiting Speed" option simply sends one character every 165 msec (1.5 stop bits) or 176 msec (two stop bits). That avoids the need to watch for an echo - althou
Yes, you should be using "limiting speed" with MMTTY. It is slower but not excessively slow considering that the alternative is a major problem (early PTT drop, buffer issues, etc.) for FSK users. "
I use FSK with no issues with limiting speed setting. I was talking about running When the conditions right, there is one station after another, that only lasts so long. If you do not make the best u
There were several instances when I really wished I had a second set of run macros. My standard macro set repeats everything and works just fine when conditions are not optimum, but when I have worke