[RTTY] Best RTTY program/hardware

[Neal Campbell]

I think this is the first time I have seen the statement that "I wish
an OS X application was available on Windows". Hopefully its the start
of something!!

Buy a mac, its inevitable!
73
Neal k3nc



On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
>> Who Won? Is anybody going to engineer, design and build a
>> "new" RTTY Modem for us
>>
>> This looks like a job for Microham ... Joe?
>
> As mentioned elsewhere, hardware designs are simply too inflexible
> and too costly.  Anyone can throw together some code for a sound
> card and release it for free.  Unfortunately, that makes doing a
> RTTY modem a losing proposition for a company like microHAM.
>
> To do a top notch job requires someone with a detailed knowledge
> of DSP, data coding, modulation and HF propagation characteristics.
> Even then it would take many man-months and probably be something
> that would be pirated as soon as the first copy was sold.
>
> It is a shame that Chen's code is not available on the Windows
> platform ... I'd like to link it to Dave's outstanding logging
> software <G>.
>
>> But if Microham would build a Harware RTTY Modem (a good one)
>> I would buy it.
>
> Both Chen's cocoaModem and Dave's DXLab Suite run very well with
> microHAM's hardware <G>.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Hunt, W1CDX
>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:11 AM
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] Best RTTY program/hardware
>>
>>
>> very Interesting thread... but it suddenly stopped
>>
>> Who Won? Is anybody going to engineer, design and build a
>> "new" RTTY Modem for us
>>
>> This looks like a job for Microham ... Joe?
>>
>> I too am suspect of all the Soundcard decoders, we all use
>> ... for not beeing up to par to a good Hardware solution ...
>> But Hardware wise ... there is nothing out there.
>>
>> maybe if I had a good Hardware RTTY decoder, I could save
>> myself some time building out my Receive-Antenna, which I
>> have to takle this summer and many Q? will follow.
>>
>> Anyway, nice thoughts and I too will try the EU1 profile that
>> Dave uploaded to his DXLabs Site.
>>
>> But if Microham would build a Harware RTTY Modem (a good one)
>> I would buy it.
>>
>> 73 all
>> Steve, W1CDX
>>
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