[RTTY] I had a reply in the contest from a fellow using cw forrtty

[Gary AL9A]

So that's it!  I worked several stations in the WPX RTTY that had a weird 
pace to the diddles being sent .  It was sort of like a surge that would 
turn on and then suddenly turn off again.  Several characters, pause, some 
more characters, pause then a few more, pause.  What a PITA to listen to! 
Why would anyone in their right mind want to consider using paddles to send 
diddles instead of a keyboard?  It may serve a purpose in an emergency 
situation where no keyboard is available, but in a contest it is less than 
useless.  Just because the radio has some ridiculous functionality put into 
the rig by the marketing department doesn't mean the owner has to use it!


73,
Gary AL9A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kok Chen" <chen at mac.com>
To: "bill" <bill at w9ol.com>
Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: February 10, 2013 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] I had a reply in the contest from a fellow using cw 
forrtty


> He is probably using a K3, Bill.
>
> In fact, if you think back, was the "9" of your call sign slightly 
> delayed?
>
> The K3 has this abortion (there is no other way to describe it) where you 
> place the rig into FSK mode and use a paddle to send RTTY.
>
> (It won't work with a straight key, since the firmware is looking for the 
> left and right paddle to recognize a character.  Won't work in AFSK 
> either.)
>
> So, a "9" will take longer time to arrive unless the guy is doing 100 WPM 
> on his paddle.  And if you listen carefully, what you will hear is 
> "W<beeep>9OL" because the K3 is stupid enough to wait for the 9 to finish 
> and does not put out a diddle in the meantime.
>
> If you remember, Phil GU0SUP mentioned some years ago hearing what sound 
> like slow, stuttery RTTY, but copies at 45.45 baud.  That was a K3.
>
> If I were you, I would have sent "SRI, YOU HAVE BROKEN RIG. QRZ W9OL"
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
>
>
>
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