[RTTY] ARRL RTTY

[Jeff Blaine AC0C]

Ed,

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

I do understand SO2R basics, but for the specific mode RTTY - where the 
machine is doing the decode work, I wanted to see if there was something 
other than the obvious that I was missing...

73/jeff/ac0c


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From: "Ed Muns" <w0yk at msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:05 AM
To: "'Jeff Blaine AC0C'" <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ARRL RTTY

>> Can you explain to the uninitiated how a dual RX configuration would
>> provide
>> an advantage?
>>
>> I can see advancing from one q to the next on each rig, alternatively, 
>> and
>> then transmitting on the one that's ready for a call - but beyond that, 
>> it
>> seems a guy is already going to be busy looking at the print - the macros
>> take care of the sending, but the eye is still needed to sort the wheat
>> from
>> the chaff especially given a marginal print.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> If most of the QSOs have print that is marginal and requires determining a
> full call from a partial one, then there is little time to deal with a
> second radio.  But for those stations where most of the QSOs print 
> clearly,
> and highlighted call signs always pop up, then very little time is needed 
> to
> read the print.  That's why some people quip that they read a book, watch 
> a
> movie or a ball game while operating RTTY.  In this case, they have plenty
> of capacity to run a second radio and interleave contacts on two bands.
> Potentially, they can double their rate, but it never gets close to that
> because of QSO irregularities (long exchanges, fills, QRM, poor print
> quality, etc.).
>
> Ed - P49X (W0YK)
>
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