[RTTY] N8S changing software

Barry w2up at mindspring.com
Tue Apr 17 06:39:59 EDT 2007


Tnx for your efforts, Doug.  Outstanding operation, all around.  Didn't 
know abt the stolen luggage.  Sorry to hear that.  Where did it happen?
73,
Barry W2UP

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
> What you saw was one computer, one radio, one antenna, two different
> preferences for software (and one of them got used in two very
> different ways), all for RTTY- three operators.
>
> MMTTY-FSK, MixW-AFSK, MixW-FSK.
>
> We had a second radio, which we used for RTTY often (but CW and SSB
> too, as well as EME and 6M), a 30-17-12 beam
> and a 20-15-10 beam, as well as verticals for 40 and 80.
>
> After a few days the CW camp was moved closer to us, due to truly
> excessive mosquitos and heat in the original location, and then there
> were band-sharing limitations with them.  We also had no WARC bandpass
> filters, since they were all in the stolen luggage.
>
> We also lost a computer after a week, due to water in the keyboard, but 
> got all the logs off it.
>
> 73, doug
>
>
>     From: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
>     Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:55:27 -0700
>
>     Did anyone notice that N8S changes stations and/or software sometime
>     around 0900z on 30 meters? They had been having a long mark tail on
>     their transmissions and all of a sudden it was gone and the operating
>     style changed a bit too. This would seem to imply they have the
>     capability of two bands at once on RTTY if they so desire.
>
>     The things you notice at 2am...   :-)
>
>     Bill W6WRT
>     12 band-mode Q's with N8S, looking for a few more
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             
Newtown, PA                     



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