Ed,
Thanks for taking the time to answer.
I do understand SO2R basics, but for the specific mode RTTY - where the
machine is doing the decode work, I wanted to see if there was something
other than the obvious that I was missing...
73/jeff/ac0c
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From: "Ed Muns" <w0yk@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:05 AM
To: "'Jeff Blaine AC0C'" <keepwalking188@yahoo.com>
Cc: <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ARRL RTTY
>> Can you explain to the uninitiated how a dual RX configuration would
>> provide
>> an advantage?
>>
>> I can see advancing from one q to the next on each rig, alternatively,
>> and
>> then transmitting on the one that's ready for a call - but beyond that,
>> it
>> seems a guy is already going to be busy looking at the print - the macros
>> take care of the sending, but the eye is still needed to sort the wheat
>> from
>> the chaff especially given a marginal print.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> If most of the QSOs have print that is marginal and requires determining a
> full call from a partial one, then there is little time to deal with a
> second radio. But for those stations where most of the QSOs print
> clearly,
> and highlighted call signs always pop up, then very little time is needed
> to
> read the print. That's why some people quip that they read a book, watch
> a
> movie or a ball game while operating RTTY. In this case, they have plenty
> of capacity to run a second radio and interleave contacts on two bands.
> Potentially, they can double their rate, but it never gets close to that
> because of QSO irregularities (long exchanges, fills, QRM, poor print
> quality, etc.).
>
> Ed - P49X (W0YK)
>
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