[RTTY] getting started

[Neal Campbell K3NC]

Hi Tad

Welcome back! You will find rtty contesting a lot different than the  
last time you tried it! Many more participants so a lot more fun.

I would recommend that you use mmtty within the rttyrite program (in  
Writelog). You will need to install a small program and then you can  
select mmttty as one of the modems within rttyrite. I am sure AA5AU  
has all the scoop on that in his excellent pages.

You are right abt FSH. the microkeyer can talk directly to the fsk  
pins on the accessory plug of the Pro2. Works really well. You also  
should be in rtty, otherwise FSK will not work!

Best of luck in the contests!

Neal Campbell K3NC
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On Jun 3, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Tad Danley wrote:

> After many years - and one false start - I would like to get back into
> rtty contesting.  I have started to look around at the AA5AU and
> rttycontesting web sites and have a couple of questions before I go  
> on.
> I'll be running an IC-756Pro2, with a microKEYER and WriteLog on an xp
> machine.  I want to run FSK.
>
> To get started, should I run the rtty program that comes with  
> WriteLog,
> or use MMTTY instead?
>
> For 'sound card FSK' mode I assume the rig sends the rx audio to  
> the pc
> sound card and terminal software for decoding via the microKEYER, and
> the terminal software sends FSK commands to the rig via the microKEYER
> for transmitting.  Do I understand that correctly?  Also, I think the
> Pro2 should be in RTTY mode, right?
>
> Thanks in advance and 73,
>
> -- 
> Tad Danley, K3TD
>
>
>
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