[RTTY] BARTG 75 Sprint calls

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > When I went back to the MMTTY setup screens I found that
 > somehow the 75 speed setting had reverted back to 45!

Make sure you don't have a logging program that is doing something
like "set default on CW" which would recall the default Profile
(Profile 0) in MMTTY.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-09-24 2:03 AM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Ok Ray, thanks for "fessing up" about your problem.  That confirms my
> suspicion that it is possible to receive 75 baud and transmit at 45 baud
> unless you have all the check boxes correctly set.  And sometimes even
> that doesn't work.  I had a couple of times last weekend where I would
> set MMTTY at 75 baud and then after a couple of QSOs I could only get
> garbage.  When I went back to the MMTTY setup screens I found that
> somehow the 75 speed setting had reverted back to 45!  This happened a
> couple of time to me. Stray RF?  Dunno, but it finally settled down.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ray Day
> Sent: September 23, 2014 3:29 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG 75 Sprint calls
>
> Gary,
>
>
>
> I plead guilty to calling *W0 - - * a couple of times and slowing him down
> as he politely did exactly as you did, in sending me a "75 not 45" message.
> After my double-checking that "75 baud" was defined in setup and it didn't
> work twice, I decided to give up, not bother anyone any more, and await a
> time to get it explained.
>
>
>
> Your #1 comment fits me. I changed the WL MMTTY options to 75 baud, but
> didn't read the post that explained unchecking the box "Fixes 45.45 Baud"
> until (of course) 20 mins after it ended. Frankly, there are a LOT of
> WL-MMTTY setup choices I don't get - at all. But I bumble along.
>
>
>
> So yes, I decoded 75 and apparently sent 45. Ptui!
>
>
>
> Your #2 possibility didn't happen with me, but might have with others.
> Is it
> possible someone (especially a RTTY guy) would try to work a spot without
> decoding anything looking like a call? If so, I suppose it takes all
> kinds..don't guess he gets many QSL's..
>
>
>
> So I hope the mystery has properly been explained. Next year 75/45 karma
> will surely haunt me - and yes, I WILL have a macro for it - har!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ray N6HE
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:37:35 -0800
>
> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
>
> To: "RTTY Contesting" <rtty at contesting.com>
>
> Subject: [RTTY] BARTG 75 Sprint calls
>
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> For some reason in this one I noticed a significant increase in the number
> of stations that called and tried to work me at 45 baud instead of 75.  I
> got so tired of manually typing "SEND 75 BAUD NOT 45" or something close to
> that I wished I had made a macro someplace to save my finger tips.  I
> couldn't figure out how someone who was setup for 45 baud could call me at
> that speed when all they could receive was gibberish.  Now I suspect two
> possible scenarios could factor into this, but I'm not sure of #1.
>
>
>
> 1. Someone has setup MMTTY on the Decode tab to receive 75 baud, but missed
> clearing the little check box on the Demodulator tab that "Fixes 45.45
> baud".  So my question is if someone did this would he be able to decode my
> transmissions at 75 baud, but then when he sent his macros they came out at
>
> 45 baud?
>
>
>
> 2. A much more likely scenario is that a few saw my call spotted on the DX
> cluster and ran there to pick up a AK RTTY contact despite the fact that
> they couldn't decode what I was sending!
>
>
>
> Do either of these assumptions seem likely?  Not sure what to do about
> it in
> the future.  One thing I will not do is shift my speed back down to 45 to
> tell the uninformed at the other end to increase his speed to 75.  That is
> sure to result in my pile up disappearing when the other guy needs
> instructions on how to change his baud rate!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
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