[RTTY] Fw: [rigblaster] Fw: Rigblaster Plug & Play Question

[DONALD A HILL]

Thanks Marty.  It's what I expected.  I don't know that there are a lot of P&P models in use because I don't get too many requests for assistance.  Or it could be that they are indeed plug and play and work well.  I don't know.

Splitting the "CW" output of the P&P to both the CW and FSK inputs might work as Del suggests, but if it were me, I'd use a switch.

73, Don



----- Original Message ----
From: Marty W8AKS <w8aks55 at gmail.com>
To: RTTY List <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 10:33:41 AM
Subject: [RTTY] Fw: [rigblaster] Fw: Rigblaster Plug & Play Question

I took the liberty of forwarding Don's message on to Del at West Mountain and here is his answer,
73
Marty
W8AKS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Del Schier 
To: rigblaster at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 15:02
Subject: RE: [rigblaster] Fw: [RTTY] Rigblaster Plug & Play Question


  
Yes the RIGblaster P&P optoisolated CW keying output could be controlled by
the MMTTY EXTFSK extension. If it is set to key DTR it would work. 

You would just have to make the appropriate cable and set the xmit shift
right. You might even be able to parallel the RIGblaster keying output to
key both a CW straight key jack and the FSK keying inputs, switching modes
with the radio mode switch. 

Note that AFSK works very well with the advantage that the software AFC
tunes automatically and precisely zero beats the other station; a slow and
tedious manual operation with true FSK. As far as I can tell the only
advantage to pure FSK is that some radios have pre programmed narrow RTTY
filters inside the AGC loop may not let you program the radio's SBB filters
to keep strong adjacent stations from killing the RF gain. Otherwise the
DSP audio filtering in a program like MMTTY is far superior than any radio's
IF filters.

Thanks,
73

Del Schier, K1UHF

West Mountain Radio
34 Smith Street
Norwalk, CT 06851

<http://www.westmountainradio.com> http://www.westmountainradio.com
tel: 203 853 8080
fax: 203 299 0232 

From: rigblaster at yahoogroups.com [mailto:rigblaster at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Marty W8AKS
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:51 AM
To: rigblaster at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [rigblaster] Fw: [RTTY] Rigblaster Plug & Play Question

Del, I found this in my email this morning. Do you have any comments? I can 
repost them on the rtty reflector if you would like.
73
Marty
W8AKS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net <mailto:aa5au%40bellsouth.net> >
To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com <mailto:rtty%40contesting.com> >
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:35
Subject: [RTTY] Rigblaster Plug & Play Question

> Updating some of my web pages and reviewing the Rigblaster Plug & Play 
> unit information I have on hand. I know from past reviews of
> this unit that it is not intended for FSK transmission. However, since it 
> does CW keying using the DTR line of the built-in
> USB-to-serial converter, is there any reason why this CW line couldn't be 
> used for FSK with MMTTY with the use of EXTFSK. If FSK is
> configured to DTR in EXTFSK, it would seem that you could then key FSK 
> instead of CW using the CW line of the Rigblaster Plug &
> Play. I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Doesn't anyone else?
>
> Has anyone tried this?
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
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