[RTTY] diddle

[Gary McAdams]

Rich,

The "diddle" is produced not by the radio itself, but by the mechanism
driving it.

In the absence of a driving signal, most rigs put out a single tone when in
the RTTY position. Only when modulated by an outside source will the tone
shift, producing the characteristic "diddle" tone.

Some software/hardware packages produce the tone as a marker when there is
no actual data to transmit. If you want the alternating tones, then look in
your software or hardware manual to see if that is supported.

Most rigs will not support it, I think... But, I could be wrong!

CUL es 73 Gary WG7X 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Richard -WA6ES
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:31 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] diddle
> 
> I asked this on another forum with no answer so I
> thought I would ask here. First let me say I have a
> 746pro, moved my station around and now when I try to
> use RTTY I get no diddle when I monitor my signal. I
> have tried many programs with the same output. Well,
> is diddle produced by my radio or the what? Is it time
> for a real Tech look at the radio
> 
> Thanks
> Richard   WA6ES
> 
> 
> 
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