[RTTY] What causes RTTY with longish character spacing?

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

You can send RTTY with a K3 using a paddle, which could account for
the spacing.  I can't imagine anyone would do this in a contest,
however!

- Jim

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Junior <charlesw_anderso at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>  I was ragchewing one day with a w7 who was using a K3 in AFSK-D mode who
> had similar symptoms.
> His sig was strong enough for a good copy. When I listened the signal
> actually sounded like it would slow down after he sent a few characters. I
> don't think it was really slowing down but it was the time between the space
> and shifts that made it sound like it was. I think one of the w8's in the
> contest actually types during the test
> I was in a qso with an 8p using a K3 in fsk and did not notice it.
> And yes the AFSK tones sounded higher than the FSK ones.
> I think the learned Mr Kok posted something on here about the K3's in AFSK-D
> mode.
> 73
> Charles/kk5oq
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:27 PM
> To: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: [RTTY] What causes RTTY with longish character spacing?
>
> Every now and then during a RTTY contest, I hear a station that sounds like
> they are typing the characters as they go, such that the letters get printed
> more slowly than if they had been sent out automatically (in one "burst").
> But the spacing between the letters is too regular for it to be just someone
> typing in real-time.
>
> Assuming no one is still using old (pre-computer) hardware, what accounts
> for this?
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us