[UK-CONTEST] PSK & RTTY

[Ian White GM3SEK]

John Muzyka wrote:
>Hi All
>Can someone point me in the right direction, I am going to attempt the 
>DATA mode section of the 80CC on Wed's (if these strong winds dont 
>appear as promised).
>With me being a CW man I know not a thing about exchanges etc in PSK 
>and RTTY, does anyone have a nice web site that I can visit that will 
>enlighten me as to the "correct " protocol to be used (might even get 
>to like it!) otherwise the people on Wed's will get a CW exchange!!

www.rttycontesting.com - AA5AU's excellent tutorials and macro examples. 
He knows exactly what he's doing, and explains exactly why.

Having got RTTY functioning, the next tricky bit is to set up the 
keyboard macros. This is something of an art, because the shortest 
messages don't necessarily get you the highest rate. The aim is to be 
prepared for most eventualities.

The examples that AA5AU gives are be WriteLog-based, so if you have WL 
you can follow them exactly. The RSGB CC exchange is serial-only, so you 
can use the WPXRTTY macros (just change the contest name).

If you have N1MM (www.n1mm.com) the macro syntax is a bit different from 
WL, but the following should do. No point in explaining every detail, 
but every detail matters, so just copy and paste it into a blank ascii 
file called RSGBDATA.mc and save it in the N1MM directory.

F1 CQ,{TX}{ENTER}CQ CC DE * * CQ {ENTER}{RX}
F2 Exch,{TX}599 # # {RX}
F3 TU,{TX}{ENTER}! TU DE * CQ {ENTER}{RX}
F4 MyCall,{TX}{ENTER}DE * {RX}
F5 HisCall,{TX}{ENTER}!
F6 Nr?,{TX}{ENTER}! NR? NR? {RX}
F7 Agn,{TX}{ENTER}! AGN AGN {RX}
F8 MyC x2,{TX}{ENTER}DE * * {RX}
F9,-
F10 Nr is,{TX} # # # # # {RX}
F11 QRZ,{TX}{ENTER}QRZ? QRZ? DE * {RX}
F12,-
F1 CQ run,{RUN}{TX}{ENTER}CQ CC DE * * CQ {ENTER}{RX}
F2 Exch,{TX}{ENTER}! DE * TU 599 # # {ENTER} {RX}
F3 TU (opt),{TX}{ENTER}TU 73 {RX}
F4 MyCall,{TX}{ENTER}* * {RX}
F5 HisCall,{TX}{ENTER}! {RX}
F6 Nr?,{TX}{ENTER}NR? NR? {RX}
F7 Agn,{TX}{ENTER}AGN AGN {RX}
F8 MyC x1,{TX}{ENTER}* {RX}
F9,-
F10 Nr is,{TX} # # # # # {RX}
F11,-
F12,-

Assuming you already know how to set up a contest in N1MM, pick up this 
macro file on the Associate tab. Don't forget to type 001 (nothing more, 
nothing less) in the Sent Exchange field.

I don't know how much WL has come on in recent years, but RTTY in N1MM 
is really smooth these days. Left-click pops the callsigns and serials 
into the exchange box (they know where to go) and right-click does ESM.


However, Monday evening is a bit tight to prepare for Wednesday, so 
maybe you should think of this month as your shakedown!



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73 from Ian GM3SEK