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

[Rex Maner]

Gary
I had some of those contacts that sounded like they were using a keyboard 
and not a very fast or good typest.

OH  well differant strokes !!

Tnx for the Q

Rex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] I had a reply in the contest from a fellow using 
cwforrtty


> 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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