[RTTY] Tinyfsk, 2Tone and USOS

Mark n2qt n2qt.va at gmail.com
Sun Sep 27 21:25:33 EDT 2015


Yes I saw this also.  Seemed like 2tone decoded ok, but mmtty didn't.  Not just reversed.
Yet another thing to watch for 

Mark. N2QT

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 8:21 PM, V. Sidarau <vs_otw at rogers.com> wrote:
> 
> Whatever it is, this time around I have had a few guys sending like :5 and
> 5/ instead of TX time by time.  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Vlad VE3IAE
> 
> --
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David G3YYD
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 4:04 PM
> To: 'Charles Lind'
> Cc: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Tinyfsk, 2Tone and USOS
> 
> Like I said TinyFSK sets the shift pattern not 2Tone. As you have the source
> code can always modify it. Personally I always use 2Tone DOOK.
> 
> 73 David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Charles Lind
> Sent: 27 September 2015 19:50
> To: David G3YYD
> Cc: reflector RTTY
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Tinyfsk, 2Tone and USOS
> 
> I just swapped out interfaces and put in an FSKit with MMTTY on transmit and
> receive, and removed all the dashes.  The clone window prints "05 ny ny" OK,
> with and without the USOS button pushed, and I get no requests for repeats.
> Back to Tinyfsk/2Tone on transmit again i see "05 ny ny" misprint in the
> MMTTY clone--if the USOS is not pushed-- and some stations request repeats.
> As it stands, with Tinyfsk /2Tone I need dashes in the macros to avoid a lot
> of repeats.
> 
> 73, Chuck, N8CL
> 
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 7:14 PM, David G3YYD <g3yyd at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> 2Tone sends ITA5 characters that have a ITA2 translation to TinyFSK (& 
>> rpiFSK same interface). All characters that do not have a ITA2 
>> equivalent are ignored. The USOS is part of the TinyFSK in this case
>> 
>> The distant end needs to turn on USOS as the vast majority of RTTY 
>> users have USOS on.
>> 
>> 2Tone has USOS turned on for RX and FSK/AFSK/DOOK TX. There is no way 
>> to turn it off either. Deliberate policy on my part to ensure USOS is 
>> used as it significantly reduces the chance of being int he wrong shift.
>> 
>> 73 David G3YYD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Charles 
>> Lind
>> Sent: 27 September 2015 17:58
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] Tinyfsk, 2Tone and USOS
>> 
>> I was trying out a new Tinyfsk interface with Writelog and 2Tone as 
>> the transmit modem, and had numerous requests for repeats of the state 
>> in the macro "599 05 ny ny", and noticed that ny was not printing 
>> properly in an MMTTY clone window.  Hitting the USOS button in the 
>> MMTTY clone window made "ny" print in the clone window, but not for 
>> the hams trying to get my message.  Adding dashes "599 05-ny-ny"  did 
>> the job, but I have not had this problem in the past with other 
>> interfaces (two transistor and FSKit) using MMTTY.  Is this a property 
>> unique to 2Tone and/or Tinyfsk?
>> 
>> Tnx, Chuck, N8CL
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