[RTTY] RTTY 23 - Someone please kill it!

[Tom Moore]

though my introduction to RTTY 23 has been somewhat limited so far
(just 15 Q's).. I think that with some refining, it could possibly be
quite good.. yes, it seemed to require critical tuning.. just a few
Hz or so off freq and it was no copy.. if my vfo/clarifier was
slower/wider it would seem to be easier to more quickly tune.. and,
like many I suspect, it'd be better/nicer to do it fsk instead of
afsk and that presents probs in many radios.. and error correction
would be great too.. yea, even on regular rtty.. lots of probs that 
if overcome could result in a really neat rtty capability that may,
indeed, yet have significant promise for widespread use in the 
future.

while it's not just right yet, I applaud the developers of this
new stuff.. keep up the good work.. we need folks like you stretching
your imagination, resources and capabilities to bring better things
to amateur radio.. 

Tom Moore/WX4TM ex KL7Q



"Andrew J. O'Brien" wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the comments Don.  We ran this contest primarily to test out 23
> Hz RTTY. Bob (the 9K2/KM5FY you worked) who authored Zakanaka, and other
> digital software authors added narrow shift RTTY to their software in the
> belief that it might be of some use.  The contest was established to do a
> bit of research that could form the basis of some refinements to the "mode".
> 
> 73 de Andy KB2EOQ
> CCCC Contest.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Digital DX (new)" <digital-dx@mla.nifty.ne.jp>; <rtty@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 1:19
> Subject: [RTTY] RTTY 23 - Someone please kill it!
> 
> > OK, I have had my introduction to RTTY 23.  Someone please explain
> > it's advantages.  It's just like PSK31 but without error correction.
> Sure,
> > I've worked some nice stations like N7UVH, UX0FF, ZL2BR, 9K2/KM5FY,
> > RK6BZ, W1ZT, K4GMH, SW1XV, UW5U, HB9AWS, W9HLY, MM0BQI,
> > SP1MHV and UA6JR/3... but it was a real struggle.
> >
> > I'm not really sure what the objective is of this exercise.  Yes, contacts
> can
> > be made using RTTY 23 but it takes lots of power and very narrow filters
> to
> > do it.  It's an AFSK mode - enough said.
> >
> > I'm sorry guys & gals but RTTY 23 appears useless.  Someone please
> > kill it and put it out our misery.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don AA5AU
> > http://www.geocities.com/aa5au/
> >
> 
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