[TenTec] FSK

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 6/7/98 7:19 AM, DUANE BUDD at dbudd@planetc.com wrote:

>First, Tom, you did not state which Ten-Tec rig you are using. Speaking for
>the Omni VI, the manual says the fsk shift is set to 170KHz, which is the
>"correct" standard for RTTY. The "correct" new standard for PACTor is
>200KHz.

To me, a 170 kHz or 200 kHz shift seems excessively wide. By three orders 
of magnitude. 

Most RTTY and Packet uses 170 Hz and 200 Hz shifts. Indeed, shifts larger 
than 1 kHz are prohibited by the FCC below 30 MHz.




Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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