[WriteLog] Looking for "RTTY Operating Practices" guide

[Richard B Drake]

If you are referring to digital modes, there is "The HF Digital
Handbook" by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. This covers a description of what
each of the modes are and how to set up a station etc., but not
too much on actual operating practices. Having just gotten back
into ham radio last year after a 17 year sabbatical and
discovering that a digital revolution had taken place in my
absence, the words AMTOR, PACTOR and PSK31 were all Greek to me, I
found this book to be invaluable. It's small and easy to read.

For operating practices, there is, "The ARRL Operating Manual -
every mode, activity and band". This will fill in most of the rest
of the blanks. This is a rather large handbook that one would use
more as a reference manual to answer specific questions, rather
than to read cover to cover.

Both are available from ARRL.

I got my XYL to give me both of them for Christmas last year :-)

Of course there is no substitute for just listening (printing) to
learn how to carry on a QSO.

----
73, Rich - W3ZJ


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> Reisert AD1C
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> Subject: [WriteLog] Looking for "RTTY Operating Practices" guide
>
>
>
> Doing a search on the web, I've run across a number of
> articles about the
> technical aspects of RTTY -- baudot code, mark/space, etc.
>
> Does some sort of practical operating manual exist --
> i.e. how to carry on
> a ragchew, how to work a DX pileup, where is all the
> activity anyway,
> etc?  I guess with 180 countries worked in 18 months,
> I'm not exactly the
> target audience, but I know there are others out there
> who could benefit.
>
> Thanks - Jim
>
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> Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> http://www.ad1c.com/
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