[RTTY] Contest exchanges:Adding their call

[Dave Hachadorian]

>there have been conditions where it may take a few (or more)
>characters before my software tracks the other station and I 
>miss the
>beginning of the  exchange.

Your decoder squelch may have a settling time to establish its 
threshold.  I like to run with squelch OFF, or at least set well 
below prevailing signal levels.  You get more garbage characters 
in the absence of any signals, but that is really not a problem. 
Whenever a signal is present, the garbage stops printing.

In MMTTY, click the SQ button to turn squelch off, or left-click 
in the green area to set the squelch to a low level.  The squelch 
threshold is indicated by the thin black line in the green signal 
area.  You can move the line around by left-clicking in that 
window.

It is also possible that your rig is taking a while to set its 
receive agc level.  Turning RF gain down, and using fast AGC may 
help with that.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ










































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