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

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

I felt the same way when they put SSB into the radios...

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 2/10/2013 8:22 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> 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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