[WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions

Tue Nov 29 18:01:25 PST 2011

Something you can do, if you are using the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, is to send multiple messages together without dropping your
carrier (even if there is %E at the end of the message).

For example, I have two messages with my callsign - F5 and F7.

F5 = %RAA5AU AA5AU %E
F7 = AA5AU %E 

When S&P, I normally use F5 to call a station.  If I feel I need to send my call more than twice, I can hit F5, then F7 to send it
three times, or F5 then F7 twice to send it four times, etc.  I also do this while DXing as I also use WriteLog as my everyday RTTY
program.

I don't think this works with an external TU.  I remember it not working with a PK232, but not sure about a DXP-38.  On a PK-232,
the first time a %E is found in a message, the carrier would drop.  This doesn't happen when using the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog.
I don't know if this helps you or not.

73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Marshall [mailto:acmd at rcn.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:51 PM
To: Don Hill AA5AU; writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions

Hi again Don,

Well, the situation I find myself in is where there is no programmed message for a particular data message sequence as if the full
exchange is not wanted.  For instance I want to send a short one by one call for some situation but want to repeat my call several
times in another, perhaps just sending the suffix to W1 to make sure my contact gets my call correctly.  In CW this happens often.
My call has CCE as a suffix and many times they get just the CC and not the E.  In rtty it is not quite the same but with flutter
over the pole you do often get an adjacent character decoded.  With the call sent twice you can sometimes get the correct one by
judging the signal quality in real-time.  But you can get the same error twice.  Thus 3 times usually will resolve the issue.  But
it is not fool-proof.  Anyway when the signal quality is poor sending the call several times will get it across.  (I know I am
preaching to the choir.)

As you do point out the place where it is rather useful is in general conversation rather than in contests.  I do use Writelog as my
general logger and there would be very useful.

OK, enough noise!  I just wondered if I had done something wrong like forgot to set something in the writelog.ini file.  I guess the
real answer is no, it just works that way!

Thanks for the bandwidth everyone.

    -Alan, W1CCE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Alan Marshall'" <acm at ultranet.com>; "'Tom Carrubba KA2D'" 
<ka2d at arrl.net>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions

>I misunderstood the original situation, but understand now.  Since I've 
>never tried transmitting the contents of an F-key message
> while in the ALT-K window, I didn't even know this worked on CW.
>
> You are correct though, it does not work on RTTY.  Not sure why you would 
> need this in a contest although it might be good during a
> normal RTTY QSO.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan Marshall
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:14 PM
> To: Tom Carrubba KA2D; writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions
>
> Tom,
>
> If I had started out with RTTY instead of CW using writelog (a whole lot 
> of years ago) I would agree with you but since in CW when
> you are in the alt-k window if you hit the macro keys (F1-F11) the macros 
> get entered and transmitted just as if you had typed them
> into the window.  It does NOT work that way with RTTY mode.
>
>    -Alan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Carrubba KA2D" <ka2d at arrl.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions
>
>
>> Hi Alan
>>
>> If I am reading you correct. When you hit the ALT+K, it is for keyboard
>> input only. You must type whatever, then hit ALT+K to go back to function
>> keys...
>>
>> CU -Tom KA2D
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Alan Marshall" <acm at ultranet.com>
>> To: "writelog reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:01 PM
>> Subject: [WriteLog] More 10-Meter RTTY questions
>>
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I have an issue that is surely my ignorance.  In Writelog with the focus
>>> on
>>> the call entry window, hitting alt-k brings up idle signals on my
>>> 756-proII.
>>> BUT the function keys do nothing from here.  I can type in normally and
>>> all
>>> is sent as typed.  BUT the function registers are not feeding that 
>>> window
>>> as
>>> they do in CW.  What am I missing to make that work??
>>>
>>>    -Alan, W1CCE
>>>
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