[RTTY] RTTY problems with one radio

[Bill Axelrod]

Joe,

     Now, that was simple!  I'm back in business.  Many thanks.

73...   Bill 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:lists at subich.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:56 PM
To: 'Bill Axelrod'; 'RTTY Reflector'
Subject: RE: [RTTY] RTTY problems with one radio


> Am sure I'm missing something simple.  Any ideas?

Check the DB37-FT-1000MP cable.  Particularly, look for connection between
pin 29 of the DB37 and pin 1 of the
4 pin DIN (RTTY) plug.  See the schematic: 
  www.microham-usa.com/Products/MK/Cables/DB37-FT-1000MP.pdf

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Axelrod
> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:54 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] RTTY problems with one radio
> 
> 
> I have a RTTY problem that popped up out of the blue.  My FT-1000 MP 
> MK V suddenly stopped shifting  between mark and space on FSK RTTY.
> 
> This is my second radio in a SO2R station.  The other radio is an 
> Orion 2. I use a MicroHam MK2R+ for  interface between the two radios 
> and the computer.  My choices of software are N1MM logger, the DX Lab  
> Suite with Win Warbler, and MMTTY stand-alone.
> 
> I haven't used the FT-1000MP MK V on RTTY since the last RTTY contest 
> I played in.
>  Have been using the Orion for routine RTTY ops.  This morning I 
> decided to get ready for next weekend's  CQ WW DX RTTY and practice my 
> SO2R a bit.  So,
> I started up the N1MM logger.    I hadn't changed any  
> settings anywhere so
> I didn't anticipate any problems.  My Radio 1 (Orion 2) works just 
> fine. Radio 2  (FT-1000MP MK V) did not.
> 
> All indications seem normal.  The rig keys and puts out a clean 
> signal.  It just doesn't shift between  mark and space.
>  The digital window of N1MM logger shows a diddle or text while I type 
> being sent.  The CW/FSK light on the MK2R+ blinks as it should.  The 
> indications on the MK2R+ Device Router ports panel look normal for FSK 
> operations,
> 
> I have unplugged and re-seated each cable between the computer and 
> MK2R+ and between the MK2R+ and the  FT-1000MP.
> 
> I tried using N1MM Logger, MMTTY stand-alone, and then Win Warbler.  
> Same issue.  I had taken screen  shots of each option and setup window 
> of all three software applications and also of the MK2R+ Device  
> Router (7.2.4) in the event I had inadvertently changed a setting 
> somewhere.
> 
> Am sure I'm missing something simple.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks and 73...   Bill ND9E
>