[RTTY] Value of Icom Rigs with RTTY Decoders

[Jerry Flanders]

At 17:32 12/20/2005, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:
>  ...What good is a rig with a RTTY decoder only?  I don't see the
>need or appreciate  the value of a built-in decoder ...

My RTTY contesting rig is the ICOM 756PRO. It also has built-in RTTY 
decoding (but no direct TX support).

I use the RTTY decode screen as a back-up decoder, and was pleasantly 
surprised to find that it usually outperforms my other TUs (I use 
MMTTY plug-in with Writelog). On really difficult sigs, I sometimes 
have to read the exchange from the 756 and type it into WL.

A friend across town has a 756PRO3. He has never had a RTTY Q in 50 
years on the bands, but often "reads the mail" on his rig's RTTY decode screen.

Jerry W4UK