[RTTY] Self spotting question

[Dave Greig]

One of the questions that this brings up is -

Is FSK still the dominate or do the Majority of RTTY users use AFSK?

With Programs like FLDIGI where you use USB for everything becoming the
norm?

Dave Greig
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Gary AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> I always run FSK so when I generate a spot for someone I'm sure the
> frequency I'm putting out is correct.  Unfortunately there are many RTTY
> spots generated that have the wrong frequency .  I suspect these are being
> generated by folks running AFSK who forget to adjust the actual frequency
> to
> compensate for their being on LSB or USB.  It's discouraging to be calling
> away in a contest and finally see someone spot me, but then give the wrong
> frequency!
>
> So my question is this.  I know self spotting is a no-no, but if someone
> else spots you and includes the wrong frequency would it be frowned upon to
> generate a correction spot yourself?  Perhaps the Remarks section of the
> spot would contain something like, "Correct freq".  Any thoughts?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
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