[RTTY] RTTY Beginnger

[Andrei Stchislenok]

Jeffrey, yes www.rttycontesting.com is a Must read web page for every RTTY beginner.

I have read it 4 or 5 times and stll get there frequently. 
I think almost every RTTYer does the same.

Speaking about inexpensive interfaces, I would recommend BUXCOMM among others
http://www.buxcomm.com/catalog/; at least I bought two interfaces from them and they work well.

You might need USB to serial RS-232 adaptor; I bought one from Byterunner.com, it works just fine :
http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/category=USB+to+Dual+Port+Serial+Adapters

Of course you can do interfaces by yourself if you know how to and have some spare time, I dont.

And welcome on RTTY board, Jeffrey!

73's Andrei EW1AR-NP3D 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
To: "Jeffrey Demers" <jdemers at Wakefly.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:54:21 -0800
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Beginnger

> 
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> 
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:44:35 -0500, "Jeffrey Demers"
> <jdemers at Wakefly.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >I use a Yaesu FT-857 and newer laptop that has plenty of USB ports but
> >no other ports to speak of.  I need a simple software / hardware
> >solution to get on RTTY to start making some contacts.  If you have tips
> >that can get me going quickly, on the cheap and with my existing
> >equipment I'd like to hear them.
> 
> REPLY:
> 
> Probably the best tutorial available is AA5AU's page at
> http://www.aa5au.com/rtty.html
> 
> Many RTTY'ers use the MMTTY program as their basic means of
> transmitting and receiving RTTY. Once you get that up and running,
> there are other programs you can add to it for contesting and logging
> such as N1MM Logger and WriteLog for contesting and the DX Labs suite
> for general logging and ragchewing. 
> 
> I would suggest downloading MMTTY first and get that running. Make a
> few QSOs to be sure your hardware is ok and then you can use MMTTY
> directly in the contest, or if you want to jump in headfirst, add
> either N1MM or Writelog for increased efficiency. MMTTY, N1MM Logger
> and DX Labs are free, WriteLog has a modest fee. I use all of them and
> they are all excellent programs.
> 
> Welcome to RTTY and please feel free to ask questions here. This is
> one of the oldest ham radio reflectors and has lots of experienced
> folks willing to help.
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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