[RTTY] Fw: ARLB006 NTIA: No Objection to Additional Data Modes on60 Meters

[Hank Garretson]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Jeff Blaine <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>wrote:

FSK is the best mode for technological novices.


Not necessarily. FSK often requires an FSK keyer and PTT control. AFSK
requires only one extra audio cable. Not too demanding. You're already
routing audio from the receiver to the computer, right?


> Part of it's attraction is
> that it's use is simple and without any pesky levels to adjust.  It's
> pretty
> hard to screw up an FSK implementation.


We've all heard too many people answer our CQs with a steady carrier. Or
reverse keying. Etcetera.


> On the other hand, AFSK really
> should only be used guys with a sufficient tech background to  know how to
> do it properly.  AFSK in the hands of rookies frequently involves the
> problems exactly as you have explained - as is often lamented by the PSK
> crowd (for the same reasons).
>

With this reasoning, "technological novices" shouldn't be working SSB--too
many "pesky levels" to adjust. (Unfortunately, many don't get SSB right.)

I personally use FSK because it suits me. I have used AFSK when it suited
me, and it was easy enough.

Side note. It frosts my gourd, when people suggest you need some sort of
Yee-Haw-do-it-all-plug-and-play interface between your rig and computer.
These devices are great and have their uses, particularly for SO2R, but,
for AFSK, what could be easier than one additional audio cable?

A good place to start, AFSK or FSK, is http://www.aa5au.com/rtty.html .


*73*,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light