[RTTY] 2Tone Ssetup Help

[Steve Carpenter]

On 3/20/2016 21:51, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
> "What is the advantage of running 2Tone as a second decoder?"
>
> When you run more than one decoder, you gain diversity. When you run 2Tone
> is a second RTTY window, MMTTY is still decoding in the other. Both decode
> the same signal at the same time. There will be times when both decode fine.
> There will be times when MMTTY will decode something that 2Tone misses and
> times when 2Tone decodes something that MMTTY doesn't.
>
> MMTTY has been a good decoder for many years (since 2000 I think), but 2Tone
> is hands down better overall. I currently run MMTTY in one RTTY window and
> 2Tone in two additional receive-only windows.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Carpenter
> via RTTY
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 8:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2Tone Ssetup Help
>
> On 3/19/2016 15:27, Dave Hachadorian wrote:
>> Well another DI Window is supposed to open, along with the 2Tone
>> engine.  Maybe the 2Tone engine is hidden behind something else? Look
>> on the left side of the bottom taskbar - do you see an icon with 2T
>> printed on it?  If so, it is running, and you just have to move stuff
>> around until you find it.
>>
>> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>> Yuma, AZ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: paul ecker via RTTY
>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 8:48 AM
>> To: RTTY ; rtty-request at contesting.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] 2Tone Ssetup Help
>>
>> Having trouble setting up 2tone as a second decoder in N1NN+Have tried
>> following instructions in
>> http://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/n1mm/classic/digital-interface
>> -for-2tone/,but still not succeeding.I go to Digital interface window-
>> Setup-Add Rx Windows-OpenAdd. Rx Window(4 avail);
>> - In initial setup, I have MMTTY selected as window type,and under
>> MMTTY Setup, have the path to 2Tone directory and 2tone.exe..
>> but when the RX Window 2  opens, it looks nothing like the 2Tone
>> enginewindow, but just like the main Digital interface window I am
>> using for MMTTY.
>>
>> Any ideas where I am missing the boat on getting 2tone towork?  I have
>> Win 7 pc, N1MM+ v1.0.5541.0
>>
>> Tnx Paulkc2nyu
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> What is the advantage of running 2Tone as a second decoder? What happens to
> MMTTY while it is running? Do you switch back & forth between them?
> Would it be okay to just run 2Tone as your only decoder? Does it have some
> superiority over MMTTY? (Sorry...That's a lot of questions, but I've only
> been running RTTY for about a year and a half, so I'm still learning).
> Steve K4DXV
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Thanks, Don. That pretty much answers it all! I think I'll try it. By 
the way, I saw you spotted a couple of times last night and today but 
could never hear you. Pretty cruddy conditions, plus Murphy or a 
leprechaun (or both) have been visiting for the whole weekend! Thanks 
again for the info.
Steve