[WriteLog] PK-232 WL & RITTY

[Jerry Flanders]

The PK232 will also work on CW, will also keep on working LONG after the 
MMTTY has frozen up, and provides an easy way to interface a classic ST-6 
front end into your system.

I wouldn't bother with any add-ons from Timewave unless you want to use 
some special mode your unit doesn't support. If you want the best 
performance the PK232 can give you on 45 baud RTTY, keep your eye out for 
an old 45-baud optimized ST-6 and read up on how to add it to the "front 
end" of the PK232. It will probably cost much less than any enhancement you 
get from Timewave.

I am impressed with MMTTY, and have started using it. I thought I would 
toss my PK232/ST6 combination here, but now, after a few freezeups with 
MMTTY, I realize that I need to keep my PK232  on-line in a configuration 
similar to what Don (aa5au) describes as a "dual-receive" configuration on 
his web page. The PK232 will require it's own serial port. I know from past 
experience there are times when MMTTY will outperform it, but other times 
when MMTTY will not do as well.

No matter what software TNC you use, if you have the extra serial port, an 
inexpensive PK232/ST6 can help you at times.

Jerry W4UK

At 06:16 AM 11/14/2001 -0600, Gil Baron wrote:
>At 23:11 11/13/2001, Jim Smith wrote:
>>I have the opportunity to buy an old PK-232 TNC quite
>>inexpensively.  No DSP or other upgrades.  I would buy the upgrade
>>kit from Timewave and install it.
>>
>>I am currently using RITTY with WL.
>>
>>Any opinions as to how much improvement in copy I might get by
>>using both RITTY and the upgraded PK-232 simultaneously with WL?
>>
>>Any cautions about PK-232?
>
>
>MMTTY does a better job than the PK232, upgraded or not, so I would not 
>waste the money.
>
>
>
>>TIA for your comments.
>>
>>73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>>_