[RTTY] USOS FIGS

[Junior]

It works (both shifts) fine in stand alone. When you run RITTY under WL it
does not work. The help file states you can create another .ini or .pif file
with the functions you want. I have never been able to invoke the Both
Shifts function either way under WL.

Yes the RI function gets a lot of calls wrong. I suspect it is the vy weak
or off the side of the beam callers. What should happen if they copy me
correctly is to come back and correct their call. Some do and some just send
the exchange thinking I copied them correctly if they are copying me weak
also and some get lost in the noise after the exchange.
My LCR/NIL rate in over 1700 contacts in the RU was 6.3 percent which I
think is a little high. Maybe not for that many logged. The RU and NAQP are
the only contest I put a 100% effort in. The other contests reject
percentage is around 2.5 even in WPX with around 1,000 contacts.
73
Charles/kk5oq

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill, W6WRT [mailto:dezrat1242 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:00 PM
To: Junior
Cc: 'RTTY Reflector'
Subject: Re: [RTTY] USOS FIGS

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:17:32 +0100, "Junior" <charlesw_anderso at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>Have you been able to get the BOTH SHIFTS function of RITTY to work in
>contest mode? I use WL and I have yet to find the secret to invoking it.
>
>I only need it for the letters conversion i.e. if I see (3.. (e.. a couple
>of times due to polar/backscatter or qsb/qrn bumping the letters/figures
>shift I know it's TY, K3MM calling. I think it was the immortal Mr Chin who
>posted something in the past about some hardware tnc's that extends the
stop
>bit sometimes if you have diddles off in the software that could cause
>signal copy problems under tough conditions.
>The Repetition Integration function in RITTY cost me 8k points and a drop
>from 5th or 6th place of the posted scores to 8th place overall in the
RU/HP
>class after the robot finished hacking the log. In the future it will be
>turned off. It tries to recover or guess call sign characters under/out of
>high noise level(s).

REPLY:

It's been at least ten years since I transmitted with RiTTY. I only use it
as a
second RX here now, so I'm sorry but I can't answer your question. Can you
get
it working both shifts when receiving only?

I'm curious about the problem you're having with the repetition integration
function. Do you mean it is getting callsigns wrong too often? That always
works
well for me, in fact it is one of my favorite functions. It is not 100%
correct
always, but often enough to be useful.

73, Bill W6WRT