CW station calling an RTTY station: use mark or space frequency?

[wayne burdick]

Hi all,

Suppose you were an RTTY station (FSK, narrow shift, in the HF bands),
and you were called by a CW station. Assuming that this didn't annoy
you too much, would you rather the CW station be on your mark or space
frequency?

I've made one cross-mode QSO this way, so far, and I want to increase
my chances. Just for fun, of course....

73,
Wayne
N6KR

---

http://www.elecraft.com

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Post to: [hidden email]
You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
 http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   

Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

[N8LP]

I'm going from memory dating back many years, but I think RTTY stations
normally ID in cw by sending cw with the "key down" on the space
frequency, and key up on mark. Sticking with that convention might make
it a little easier to copy for them due to familiarity of the tones. I'm
not sure too may ops would recognize what you're doing, but it would be
fun to find out.

Larry N8LP



wayne burdick wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Suppose you were an RTTY station (FSK, narrow shift, in the HF bands),
> and you were called by a CW station. Assuming that this didn't annoy
> you too much, would you rather the CW station be on your mark or space
> frequency?
>
> I've made one cross-mode QSO this way, so far, and I want to increase
> my chances. Just for fun, of course....
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
> ---
>
> http://www.elecraft.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Post to: [hidden email]
> You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
>
>
>

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Post to: [hidden email]
You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
 http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   

Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

[k6mr]

And I thought I was the only one crazy enough to use my KX-1 to listen to
RTTY and PSK-31 ...........

I never thought of calling them on cw......but I don't have enough RTTY
experience to know which tone is better.

Ken  K6MR
 

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of wayne burdick
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:36 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] CW station calling an RTTY station: use mark or
spacefrequency?

Hi all,

Suppose you were an RTTY station (FSK, narrow shift, in the HF bands), and
you were called by a CW station. Assuming that this didn't annoy you too
much, would you rather the CW station be on your mark or space frequency?

I've made one cross-mode QSO this way, so far, and I want to increase my
chances. Just for fun, of course....

73,
Wayne
N6KR

---

http://www.elecraft.com

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Post to: [hidden email]
You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
 http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   

Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Post to: [hidden email]
You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
 http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft   

Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com