K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP
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So THAT's why there was RTTY all over the CW portion of 40
meters. Contests - gotta love 'em LOL
- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:18:52 -0700, you wrote:
>So THAT's why there was RTTY all over the CW portion of 40 meters. >Contests - gotta love 'em LOL > >- Keith N1AS - >- K3 711 - [snip] Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's agreements and courtesy these days. (IMHO) Tom Hinson Childers, N5GE K3 #806, XV144, XV432 Mini-Modules http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net _______________________________________________ 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
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Lee and All,
I tinkered with the contest for a couple of hours
too. I used a pretty spartan setup though--just the K3 with a couple of
programmed memories--no computer. I set the power to about 60 watts, and
was knocking them off pretty well too. I know I need to get set up a
little more substantially for RTTY, but I was just playing around. Anyway,
it was a hoot, and the K3 did great. The versatility of the K3 sure makes
it a lot of fun to own.
Dave W7AQK
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Unfortunately, the amount of CW activity that I heard didn't come close to
filling up the amount of available space below where the RTTY folks were operating. Dave W7AQK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:18:52 -0700, you wrote: > >>So THAT's why there was RTTY all over the CW portion of 40 meters. >>Contests - gotta love 'em LOL >> >>- Keith N1AS - >>- K3 711 - > [snip] > > Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's agreements and > courtesy > these days. (IMHO) > > Tom Hinson Childers, N5GE > > K3 #806, XV144, XV432 > Mini-Modules > > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.swotrc.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 |
Re: K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP
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My pair of K3's also worked well in the RTTY Roundup - 1800
qso's. There are only a couple of issues that I saw: 1. On each transition between mark/space, there is a brief upward power excursion. One of my amplifiers has an LED wattmeter, and one of the LED's was blinking like crazy. Also, the screen current on that amp was varying significantly. I've complained about this in the past. Elecraft is supposed to be working on it. 2. When you reduce the DSP bandwidth to 300 Hz, it is not possible for me to get the audio output exactly centered between the RTTY modem's mark and space detector. The SHIFT control is too coarse. One click of the SHIFT control moves the audio either slightly left of center, or slightly right of center. It would be nice if there were a "fine mode" setting for the SHIFT control. I can live with both of these issues, but fixing them would make this rig absolutely perfect for RTTY, at least for me. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Buller" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP Ladies and Gents.... I just about cleared a thousand Qs this weekend in the RU in only 17 hours of on-the-air time. The K3 was spectacular in performance. The RX is magnificent and copied signals that I could not hear out of the speaker but printed on the screen. This happened many times. From Kansas, I did get to work some deep Europeans and even Israel called me. I did not hear any Russian stations at all. The DX was weak but workable. Magnificent RX. The TX was healthing and robust. I was running my amp so I was only running about 60 watts or less. The TX stayed cool and stable. The only issue I noticed was that between Dual PB on and off...the power would drop about 200 watts. No big deal, but interesting phenomonon. With the Dual PB on...the power would drop...with it off...the power would return to normal. Wayne and Eric already know about this issue. Thanks to all who worked me. Fun contest. Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 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 |
Re: K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP
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> Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's > agreements and courtesy these days. (IMHO) Oh, please spare us the holier than thou attitudes. The "gentlemen's agreements" and "bandplans" on 40 meters have recognized RTTY use of 7030-7060 (+/- on both ends) for contests and international QSOs for at least 30 years. There is more than enough CW spectrum both above (as high as 7125) and below the area used on only a few weekends a year by RTTY contests. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Tom > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:30 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP > > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:18:52 -0700, you wrote: > > >So THAT's why there was RTTY all over the CW portion of 40 meters. > >Contests - gotta love 'em LOL > > > >- Keith N1AS - > >- K3 711 - > [snip] > > Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's > agreements and courtesy these days. (IMHO) > > Tom Hinson Childers, N5GE > > K3 #806, XV144, XV432 > Mini-Modules > > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.swotrc.net > _______________________________________________ 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 |
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All RTTY issues noted, Dave -- thanks.
Congratulations on your excellent showing! Wayne N6KR On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote: > My pair of K3's also worked well in the RTTY Roundup - 1800 > qso's. There are only a couple of issues that I saw: > > 1. On each transition between mark/space, there is a brief > upward power excursion. One of my amplifiers has an LED > wattmeter, and one of the LED's was blinking like crazy. > Also, the screen current on that amp was varying > significantly. I've complained about this in the past. > Elecraft is supposed to be working on it. > > 2. When you reduce the DSP bandwidth to 300 Hz, it is not > possible for me to get the audio output exactly centered > between the RTTY modem's mark and space detector. The SHIFT > control is too coarse. One click of the SHIFT control moves > the audio either slightly left of center, or slightly right > of center. It would be nice if there were a "fine mode" > setting for the SHIFT control. > > I can live with both of these issues, but fixing them would > make this rig absolutely perfect for RTTY, at least for me. > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Yuma, AZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee Buller" <[hidden email]> > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 2:56 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP > > > > Ladies and Gents.... > > I just about cleared a thousand Qs this weekend in the RU in > only 17 hours of on-the-air time. The K3 was spectacular in > performance. The RX is magnificent and copied signals that I > could not hear out of the speaker but printed on the screen. > This happened many times. From Kansas, I did get to work > some deep Europeans and even Israel called me. I did not > hear any Russian stations at all. The DX was weak but > workable. Magnificent RX. The TX was healthing and robust. I > was running my amp so I was only running about 60 watts or > less. The TX stayed cool and stable. > > The only issue I noticed was that between Dual PB on and > off...the power would drop about 200 watts. No big deal, but > interesting phenomonon. With the Dual PB on...the power > would drop...with it off...the power would return to normal. > Wayne and Eric already know about this issue. > > Thanks to all who worked me. Fun contest. > > Lee - K0WA > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short > supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some > Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common > Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. > Is Common Sense divine? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > --- 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 |
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I only have had a handful of RTTY contacts since getting my K3/10 (# 0430). Did play in the RTTY Round Up for a few hours. Cranked it down to 1 watt (I don't know why I keep doing that!) and worked 74 Qs and 31 Mults. Even worked Lee in KS (who bagged over 1K Qs! ) Like Dave, I programmed two CW memories (no [external] computer) and let her rip for search and pounce. Even worked LU, JA, XE, P4 plus several states. That was fun! Antenna, by the way, was my lame 88' dipole with one leg kind of vertical and fed with 450 ohm ladder-line.
Did notice, espcially on 40m yesterday afternoon, that there were solid RTTY sigs from 7.000 - 7.100 MHz. Guess it's the WARC bands if you're looking for a CW ragchew. I do hear some of the digital guys complaining about CW contests on different weekends though so I guess we get to trade a bit. 72, Tim K5OI Ruidoso, NM _______________________________________________ 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 |
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Changing SHIFT and WIDTH granularity to 10 Hz from 50 would improve CW useability as well.
A lot of us have formed contest operating habits and tactics based on analog SHIFT and WIDTH functions. Like a combination of a small shift and (sometimes) a lesser width change to put someone up or down just a bit farther down the passband and keep the same skirt frequency on the opposite side of the passband. 73, Guy
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I agree that finer steps to SHIFT would be nice, but until then,
wouldn't it be possible to center the audio using RIT? 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote: > 2. When you reduce the DSP bandwidth to 300 Hz, it is not > possible for me to get the audio output exactly centered > between the RTTY modem's mark and space detector. The SHIFT > control is too coarse. One click of the SHIFT control moves > the audio either slightly left of center, or slightly right > of center. It would be nice if there were a "fine mode" > setting for the SHIFT control. _______________________________________________ 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 |
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"Roger that" regarding shift and width granularity!
I had great success (for me) in RU using my 200 Hz 5 pole filter with the DSP width set at 200 Hz and moving the filter offset frequency (FLx FRQ) about 30 Hz from normal to center up the passband while looking at band noise with MMTTY. I used 1275 Hz Mark frequency. DSP LO was 1.3 KHz and HI was 1.5 KHz. Moving the filter offset allowed both mark and space signals to come through at similar amplitudes. If the DSP resolution below a few hundred Hz would switch to 10 Hz resolution, it would be a real help and should probably alleviate jockeying the filter offset. In my case sensitivity might improve a bit, too since my mark frequency was 25 Hz outside of the stated DSP passband! With 10 Hz resolution, the DSP could be set something like 1260 through 1460 Hz. (or whatever produces the best looking response in the desired audio passband) without tweeking FLx FRQ. At any rate, even with 50 Hz granularity this setup allowed me substantially better copy of weak TTY signals in a crowded band than did the DUAL PB in the more conventional manner (while using MMTTY). The radio performed flawlessly for me in my first RTTY Roundup (Single Op, Low power, 530 Q's, 56 Sec, 35 countries, all S&P). The radio was run in the FSK D mode with data decoding always running. Incidentally, my fancy new LCD computer monitor uses a capacitance touch power switch which would frequently turn off the monitor when I was transmitting on certain bands (40 or 20). But I never lost a Q because of this because I could always copy the RTTY on my K3 decoder display and would occasionally grab the paddles to send if the stations call had not yet been entered in the logging program (N1MM). It always took a few seconds for the monitor to reinitialize once I was able to turn it back on though it seemed much longer than that in the contest. My next ham radio task may be modifying this monitor. 73, Mike Guy, K2AV wrote: Changing SHIFT and WIDTH granularity to 10 Hz from 50 would improve CW useability as well. A lot of us have formed contest operating habits and tactics based on analog SHIFT and WIDTH functions. Like a combination of a small shift and (sometimes) a lesser width change to put someone up or down just a bit farther down the passband and keep the same skirt frequency on the opposite side of the passband. 73, Guy wayne burdick wrote: _______________________________________________ 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 |
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From: "Joe Planisky" <[hidden email]>
>I agree that finer steps to SHIFT would be nice, but until then, > wouldn't it be possible to center the audio using RIT? So far as the audio passband one hears, the RIT is no different than the main tuning knob. If one is mainly hearing 2150 to 2450 with a 300 hz filter, and you are trying to receive 2125 and 2295 changing the RIT to get those tones will still put the 2100 on the filter skirts. Only the shift will move the heard audio passband down to center around the standard tones. On a run frequency, one usually locks the TX frequency, and adjusts shift/width of passband for the "regular" listening width and centering, saving RIT for listening only for temporary excursions to someone who calls really high or low. Contest programs can reset RIT when a QSO is logged. They will not change shift. RIT is expected to be temporary per QSO. Shift is considered a manual adjustment that the program leaves alone. 73, Guy. _______________________________________________ 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 |
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On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:29:31 -0600, Tom wrote:
>Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's agreements >and courtesy these days. (IMHO) The reality of worldwide frequency allocations is that on some bands, contesters MUST violate bandplans to work stations outside their own country. On 40M, for example, JA stations have a rather limited bandwidth to operate RTTY and it's pretty low on the band. On 80M, RTTY cannot operate above 3600 kHz due to a rather dumb error made by a low level FCC clerk who rewrote the ham Rules several years ago. One of our club members, operating from Aruba (in the Caribbean) made 409 contacts on 80M, 809 on 40M, 1,127 on 20M, and 869 on 15M. This is in 24 hours of a 30 hour contest period. That means there were at least that many active stations that had to cram into the spectrum that the FCC gives us. There are similar conflicts with SSB operation worldwide, especially on 40M. Our club alone had 77 members on the air in the contest. There are MANY times when I can tune across 80M during hours of darkness and hear NO signals at all. There are MANY times I can tune across 40M and hear fewer than a dozen CW signals and half that many PSK signals. On a non-contest weekend, perhaps twice that number. Assuming two people per QSO, that means casual QSOs are sharing a band with a FAR larger number of contesters. In other words, casual operators are simply a few percent of the total number of hams using the band. Heck -- a good contester can easily run 50 QSOs per hour using a few hundred Hz bandwidth (if he's got a K3) and the top contesters run at twice that rate. The good contesters I know all listen before transmitting, and ask if the frequency is busy if they hear nothing. But band conditions change, sometimes rather quickly. A station can be running on a frequency for an hour, and conditions change so that you and he are now hearing each other. No one is being discourteous, it's just band conditions. Last week during Stew Perry, I'd been running a frequency for a half hour, and was making Qs as far as the east coast (I'm near SF). A W2 shows up, doesn't hear me (he probably had a big noise level, or maybe was on a Beverage pointed to EU), so no matter how many times I told him QRL, he ignored me. Discourteous? Probably just his local noise. Note also that contests never use the WARC bands. 30M is a great band for CW ragchewing, and I've never heard it crowded (except when a couple of really rare DXpeditions are there at the same time)! 73, Jim Brown K9YC VP -- Northern California Contest Club _______________________________________________ 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 |
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Tom,
>Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's agreements and courtesy these days. (IMHO) < Unfortunately, you are correct. Thankfully there are still some CW only segments to keep all the SSB contest stations at least a little way away. 73, Dave N8AG _______________________________________________ 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 |
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We CW "casual QSO" people do have trouble with RTTY people all over the
place. Many times 30 meters no good for short path QSO's. We need to put pressure on FCC or whoever to allow CW on at leat a couple of the 60 meter "channels" setup for SSB only. Would be easy about 200 Hz lower than "supressed carrier" frequency and still be in the alloted "channel", and for the most part, not QRM SSB on same channel. But then, too many "commissioners" and lower level people are NOT ENGINEERS! This would allow "casual CW" QSO's on a band that propagation would probably be possible for short path stuff when 30 meters is "tanked" for that. Thanks to the reduction of 80 from 3500-3600 instead of 3500-3700 the RTTY guys are in a quandry, NTS die hards in a quandry and CW people in a quandry! The "other" bands were more sensibly reduced....why didn't they follow the same pattern for 80 meters and the NTS+CW+NTS guys would still be where they were before basically! 80 meters has been terrible since the "change". For everyone except the "voice" guys who seldom use the 3.6-3.7 segment! 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:42 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Contesters and Band Conjestion > On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:29:31 -0600, Tom wrote: > >>Yep, contests are much more important than gentlemen's agreements >>and courtesy these days. (IMHO) > > The reality of worldwide frequency allocations is that on some > bands, contesters MUST violate bandplans to work stations outside > their own country. On 40M, for example, JA stations have a rather > limited bandwidth to operate RTTY and it's pretty low on the band. > On 80M, RTTY cannot operate above 3600 kHz due to a rather dumb > error made by a low level FCC clerk who rewrote the ham Rules > several years ago. One of our club members, operating from Aruba > (in the Caribbean) made 409 contacts on 80M, 809 on 40M, 1,127 on > 20M, and 869 on 15M. This is in 24 hours of a 30 hour contest > period. That means there were at least that many active stations > that had to cram into the spectrum that the FCC gives us. There > are similar conflicts with SSB operation worldwide, especially on > 40M. Our club alone had 77 members on the air in the contest. > > There are MANY times when I can tune across 80M during hours of > darkness and hear NO signals at all. There are MANY times I can > tune across 40M and hear fewer than a dozen CW signals and half > that many PSK signals. On a non-contest weekend, perhaps twice > that number. Assuming two people per QSO, that means casual QSOs > are sharing a band with a FAR larger number of contesters. In > other words, casual operators are simply a few percent of the > total number of hams using the band. Heck -- a good contester can > easily run 50 QSOs per hour using a few hundred Hz bandwidth (if > he's got a K3) and the top contesters run at twice that rate. > > The good contesters I know all listen before transmitting, and ask > if the frequency is busy if they hear nothing. But band conditions > change, sometimes rather quickly. A station can be running on a > frequency for an hour, and conditions change so that you and he > are now hearing each other. No one is being discourteous, it's > just band conditions. Last week during Stew Perry, I'd been > running a frequency for a half hour, and was making Qs as far as > the east coast (I'm near SF). A W2 shows up, doesn't hear me (he > probably had a big noise level, or maybe was on a Beverage pointed > to EU), so no matter how many times I told him QRL, he ignored me. > Discourteous? Probably just his local noise. > > Note also that contests never use the WARC bands. 30M is a great > band for CW ragchewing, and I've never heard it crowded (except > when a couple of really rare DXpeditions are there at the same > time)! > > 73, > > Jim Brown K9YC > VP -- Northern California Contest Club > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1877 - Release Date: 1/5/2009 7:20 PM _______________________________________________ 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 |
Re: K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP
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wayne burdick wrote:
> > > > All RTTY issues noted, Dave -- thanks. > > > > Congratulations on your excellent showing! > > > > Wayne > > N6KR ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I use the 200 hz filter on RTTY all the time including the ARRL RTTY Round UP. I set up my 200 hz filter as a 300 hz filter in the config menu. I used DATA A and 1500 hz with the PWR setting cut back to about 40 watts which gave me about 80 watts on the meter but it seemed to work well for me until the power issue is fixed. I used MIXW and set up F12 to <ALIGN:1505> <CATCMD:k31;fw0030;k30;> <SPZOOM:4> Then I set up F8 to <CLEARTXWINDOW><CLEARRXWINDOW><CLEARQSO> <CATCMD:k31;fw4000;k30;> <SPZOOM:2> and F4 to SAVEQSO><CLEARTXWINDOW> <CATCMD:k31;fw4000;k30;> <SPZOOM:2> I have the 6 khz filter and could click on any signal in the wide spectrum than hit F12 and work them. The program even marks the stations I have already worked in RED on the water fall. I set up F1 to call and f2 to exchange. I am not much of a contester and only put in a few hours for a total of 58 contacts but the people I worked did not know that.If I had put in more time I know I could have done much better. 73 and hope this works well for other people. Ken W0CZ _______________________________________________ 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 |
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