Topband: Top Band and JT65

[Wes Stewart]

In the context of this discussion I think RTTY is an "in between" mode.  
Decoding is done with a computer (or in the radio if you have a K3) but I've 
never seen a decode on a signal that I couldn't hear or see on the spectrum 
display. As a non-contest DX chaser, I find that it often takes considerable 
operator skill to work other than common DX stations, particularly in split 
pileups on RTTY.  IMHO, working RTTY is sometimes more difficult than CW and 
there is certainly less DXpedition activity.

Wes Stewart  www.qrz.com/db/n7ws



On 5/21/2017 2:40 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> Because I use my human skill that I developed over years to decode the CW
> signal.  You don't do that for RTTY.
>
> Unless of course you're referring to using a CW decoder wherein you just
> read the decoded CW.   You REALLY don't want to know what I fell about
> people that do that and say they "work CW".....
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:16 PM, <BUSCEMIJACK at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> *  ...What makes an RTTY QSO run off your computer (since u retired the
>> Model 23) any different than a JT65 QSO...OR...using your memory (computer
>> ?) keyer to work CW ? It is no more difficult to make a computer-controlled
>> CW or RTTY QSO than a JT65 one..just try it if you don’t believe me. *
>> *            73 Jay NY2NY*
>>
>>
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