[RTTY] Help for FT-1000-MP Mark V

[John L Merrill]

Gary:

Someone might correct me but FSK on this radio is actually keyed AFSK like
it was in the FT1000 and FT990. So an open and a closed contact would toggle
an internal audio generator for mark and space tones. You can select LSB or
USB for this. Or you can provide your own external tones via the packet DIN.
I'm not familiar with the microHAM.

73, John n1JM


-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 20:44
To: RTTY Contesting
Subject: [RTTY] Help for FT-1000-MP Mark V

Looking for some insight into RTTY settings for the Mark V.  I am trying to
help Corliss AL1G upgrade her RTTY setup, but am unfamiliar with her radio. 
She is in Anchorage and I am about 45 road miles away from her QTH so we are
doing this via email and phone calls.

She currently has a Rig Expert Standard as her interface, but is going to
upgrade to a microHAM MKII.  She has MMTTY stand alone running and we are
trying to get her new upgraded version of WriteLog to use either the MMTTY
plug in or the XMMT.ocx.  She has been following the tips on AA5AU's web
site, but she still is having problems getting the radio to key up in
WriteLog.  At this point I am unsure if she is transmitting AFSK or FSK.

I downloaded the manual for the Mark V and scanned through it looking for
subjects that included RTTY, AFSK and FSK.  I've discovered that the Mark V
has two jacks on the back of the radio related to RTTY.  A 5 pin DIN labeled
PACKET is for AFSK, PSK and other digital modes.  A 4 pin DIN is for FSK. 
My problem is understanding how you tell if her radio is set to AFSK or FSK?

The manual says to push the RTTY button on the radio to select either RTTY
LSB  or RTTY USB.  That's it.  So is this AFSK or FSK?  Because of the
LSB/USB choices it sounds like the radio is going to transmit AFSK with
either of these settings through the PACKET jack.  I can't find anything in
the manual that specifically says how to set it to do FSK.  Is there a menu
item buried somewhere that has to be tweaked in order to get it to transmit
FSK?  Any guidance appreciated.

73,
Gary AL9A 

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