> F10 in RTTY automatically takes you into terminal mode & sends
> RTTY SEND STRING to the TNC. Try to think of it as a hard-coded
> key that does the RTTY equivalent of keyboard sending mode in CW. And
> getting out of "RTTY keyboard sending mode" by hitting ESC sends
> RTTY RECEIVE STRING to the TNC before exiting. Use F10 only to
> go into transmit & send something on air that isn't a CQ, QRZ, repeat
> exchange, etc, etc.
Got it now.
> Chief Op Fumble Fingers here in the beginning got into the mindset of
> mashing F10, then manually doing a ^C & then talking to the TNC in
> its command mode to recover from embarrassing moments, but have
> since learned to just hit the RADIO 1/2 button on the PK-232 & disappear
> for a moment from the air, wait for the TNC to stop sending into the
> unused radio port, then resume.
I used the radio 1/2 button a lot in the WAE. Thanks for the
great tip. So far, it's the best way to abort a message.
> I suspect that all the function keys in RTTY will also tack a RTTY SEND
> STRING to the beginning & RTTY RECEIVE STRING to the end, that it
> probably is impossible to set up a function key for aborting a cock up.
That appears to be the case.
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