[RTTY] High Speed RTTY again

[Jerry Flanders]

Sure would be nice to get rid of the two-case problems inherent in 
Baudot. Is there any support for 110 baud ASCII in MMTTY or other 
widely used digital programs?

Jerry W4UK

At 05:25 PM 1/28/2010, Roger Cooke wrote:
>Hi.
>
>  Judging by the amount of emails flying about there does seem to be some
>interest in 75 Baud RTTY at last!   I have had several QSOs at that speed
>both on 80 metres and 20 metres with total success. In fact I have tried up
>to 110 Baud. Using 170Hz shift within a 250Hz filter width errors start
>creeping in at 110 Bauds and even at 100 Bauds, but 75 seems a good
>standard to aim for. It would increase Q rate in both contests and
>DX-pedition
>pile-ups, but it certainly is stressful on the typing!
>   I usually answer points as the other station is transmitting anyway
>and then
>sending at full speed it sure does rattle along.  I will be calling CQ
>on 20 metres
>on Friday at around 1400z at 75 Bauds if anybody wants a QSO.
>
>   John, GW4SKA certainly is giving it some thought now for a BARTG contest
>at that speed, possibly a short one, but as he says, although membership of
>BARTG is free and we would like as many as we can get, staging the contests
>does cost, with the certificates and plaques and things. Small donations
>add up
>so please consider making just a token donation when joining. It will
>all help
>sponsor the contests, plus BARTG also sponsors DX-peditions too. If you
>would like to sponsor a plaque too, that would be really nice!  Perhaps all
>RTTY contests will move over to 75 Bauds. :-)
>
>   The next main BARTG contest is the Spring, in March. Don't forget the
>GB50ATG event that is on-going too. There are some nice certificates and
>plaques available for that. GB50ATG finishes at the end of July. Take a look
>on the BARTG web site, and see if it floats your boat, cocas your cola,
>bakes
>your cake, or diddles your Baud!!!
>
>www.bartg.org.uk
>
>   Send some feedback. Hey, if you DO join, why not send us some pictures
>of your station/antennas etc., for the Gallery.   You can even see the
>mug-shots
>of the committee on there if you can stand it!
>
>See you on the green keys on 75 Bauds Fri PM.
>
>73 de Roger, G3LDI, Chairman, BARTG
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