Interesting thread about preferability of FSK over AFSK for RTTY... but it leads to a question. One poster moaned that the old modes like CW and RTTY were dying. With the resurgence in popularity of
I can offer my thoughts on RTTY. First of all, I use both PSK31 and RTTY. I also do slow scan TV. I use my sound card and software for all of these. So to me, it's not a hardware or software issue th
Because of it's musical sound and for some it evokes memories of sweet oil, clacking (chunk chunk chunk), ... Why do people still use vacuum tubes, sail, ride horses, ;-) Certainaly not preferable fr
It has been a long time since I was a teenager, but I have vivid memories of seeing RTTY stations in operation. The smell of the hot rectifiers and the oil, along with the clacking, were hypnotic. Th
RTTY is still the most used digital mode in many MARS groups. Some of the newer digital modes are being tried but to date RTTY is still widely used. I converted to sound card RTTY some time ago, and
Author: geraldj@isunet.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer)
Date: Fri Apr 4 16:04:53 2003
RTTY accomplished in the old fashioned ways with TTY machine or computer in terminal mode and a dedicated TU (terminal unit) are simplistic compared to the wheedles and whistles of the many alternati
With all due respect to the digital versions of all the modes, RTTY just hasn't been the same since the loss of the familiar sounds & smells of a Model 15 TTY unit! 73, ron wn3vaw "There must be some
Gerry, I agree with you 1000% -- but I still occasionally miss the sounds & smell of that Model 15 in the shack. Even though maintaining it & the tube-type TU (remember when we used to call THOSE mod
All this debate about FSK vs. AFSK is a little silly. It's like debating the merits of going into town with a horse and buggy vs. horse and saddle when there is a horseless carriage sitting in the ga
Ron, somewhere in the bottom of my junque box, I still have a few relays and 88mh toroids. It was nice when the #15 was working but it was like the last abcessed tooth I had pulled--fine when it work
Duane, I agree with you...unfortunately, the radio manufactures have not yet reached that exalted state. I respectfully disagree, at least as long as *many* operators are clueless as to how to proper
It seems to me that what we have is a problem of operator error and not a problem with the rigs. When you discuss the bad signals due to an error in setting of transmit levels and the mics being stil
I don't dispute this point at all, you really do need to pay attention to what you are doing in order to have good sounding signal with the sound card modes. The my main point I'm trying to make is t
Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
Date: Sat Apr 5 10:42:25 2003
OH yes Agreed! I use a Paragon and an Omni VI+. I simply run the line in and line out from the computer sound card via a shielded pair of 1/8" phone plugs to RCA cables direct to the audio in and aud