K3 FSK/D vs MMTTY
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I am trying to decide if I should invest in an SVGA card for my P3. I know about all the nice features that the SVGA card will give me, but I have been told by a top contester that the K3 decoder is not as good as MMTTY. I like on occasion to do FSK/D, and have been using the built in function of the K3 with fair success. With my old, displaced Pro 3, I used MMTTY/EXTFSK and a Green Heron Radio Boss with very good results. I still have the Radio Boss, and see that it would be easy to implement with my K3. So, the only question I have is does anyone have an unbiased opinion on which offers better results in the decode of FSK/D?
Certainly, I can do the Radio Boss option for less than $50, since I have the unit. The SVGA would run me around $300 (I would need another monitor). I am not a heavy user of RTTY or PSK, but on occasion use those modes. I am leaning to the less expensive Radio Boss option, or just continue with the K3/terminal program readout. So, again which is a better RTTY decoder: MMTTY or the built in K3 decoder? Or, are the pretty much the same? Thanks & 73 .... Jim Bob Buckeye AKA **** Jim Leder**** K8CXM since 1961 IBM retiree since 1999 There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary and those who don't. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: K3 FSK/D vs MMTTY
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On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Jim Leder (Hotmail) <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I am trying to decide if I should invest in an SVGA card for my P3. I know about all the nice features that the SVGA card will give me, but I have been told by a top contester that the K3 decoder is not as good as MMTTY. I like on occasion to do FSK/D, and have been using the built in function of the K3 with fair success. With my old, displaced Pro 3, I used MMTTY/EXTFSK and a Green Heron Radio Boss with very good results. I still have the Radio Boss, and see that it would be easy to implement with my K3. So, the only question I have is does anyone have an unbiased opinion on which offers better results in the decode of FSK/D? > Certainly, I can do the Radio Boss option for less than $50, since I have the unit. The SVGA would run me around $300 (I would need another monitor). I am not a heavy user of RTTY or PSK, but on occasion use those modes. I am leaning to the less expensive Radio Boss option, or just continue with the K3/terminal program readout. > So, again which is a better RTTY decoder: MMTTY or the built in K3 decoder? Or, are the pretty much the same? Why don't you try it and see for yourself? All you need is a standard 3.5mm TRS audio cable to go from the K3's line out to the computer sound card's line in (or that radio boss thing, perhaps). You can run both decoders in parallel and see which one does better. 73, ~iain / N6ML ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Yes, that is the answer I was wondering about. I have had other K3 owners
pretty much tell me the same thing, but thought to ask the group. As Iain suggested, I could compare both decoders without the SVGA card, and probably will (sorry, Iain, I misunderstood your reply). But, I am leaning towards using the external TTL box. FYI: http://www.greenheronengineering.com/RB_Overview.php? Link for info to the Radio Boss unit. Jim -------------------------------------------------- From: "WM3M" <[hidden email]> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:11 PM To: "Jim Leder (Hotmail)" <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 FSK/D vs MMTTY > Jim, > I have the SVGA card in my P3 and I am very active in digital modes. > My input is if you are buying the SVGA card just for digital modes like > FSK/D etc then don’t buy it. > Any software package like MMTTY is better than using the K3, P3/SVGA. > I really like having the SVGA and the large display and I have tried using > it for digital modes but always go back to computer and digital software. > Its lot easier to use, better copy, decrypts, lots more features, etc. > SVGA card is great for lots of other reasons though. 73 > Hope this helps. > Emory WM3M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Leder (Hotmail) > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:53 PM > To: Elecraft > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 FSK/D vs MMTTY > > I am trying to decide if I should invest in an SVGA card for my P3. I know > about all the nice features that the SVGA card will give me, but I have > been told by a top contester that the K3 decoder is not as good as MMTTY. > I like on occasion to do FSK/D, and have been using the built in function > of the K3 with fair success. With my old, displaced Pro 3, I used > MMTTY/EXTFSK and a Green Heron Radio Boss with very good results. I still > have the Radio Boss, and see that it would be easy to implement with my > K3. So, the only question I have is does anyone have an unbiased opinion > on which offers better results in the decode of FSK/D? > Certainly, I can do the Radio Boss option for less than $50, since I have > the unit. The SVGA would run me around $300 (I would need another > monitor). I am not a heavy user of RTTY or PSK, but on occasion use those > modes. I am leaning to the less expensive Radio Boss option, or just > continue with the K3/terminal program readout. > So, again which is a better RTTY decoder: MMTTY or the built in K3 > decoder? Or, are the pretty much the same? > Thanks & 73 .... > > Jim Bob Buckeye > AKA > **** Jim Leder**** > K8CXM since 1961 > IBM retiree since 1999 > > There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary > and those who don't. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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