[Elecraft] K0SS CW to RTTY QSO

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Frank:

>I just heard Tom, K0SS working K6SAD on 20 meter RTTY.  Tom was 
>using his K3 and was sending CW which was being translated into 
>RTTY.  The only reason I know this is because he mentioned it in his 
>QSO.  I thought he was using a keyboard!  Very impressive first hand 
>demonstration of the CW to RTTY translator built into the K3.  In 
>addition, Tom's signal was 10 over S9 and the RTTY signal was clean 
>and perfect copy (using MixW 2.18).
>
>Great demonstration of the K3 CW to RTTY capability.  Darn, I can't 
>wait to get my hands on my K3!

Thanks for the reception report!!!

I was running the K3 @ 100W barefoot into a Bencher SkyHawk tribander 
@ 73 feet, pointed due west.

I had perfect copy on K6SAD as well... great sigs from him, even 
though there was some QSB toward the end of our QSO.

That was my 2nd (I think) CW>RTTY QSO... first one was pretty much a 
disaster since I had the  RTTY sidetone (which should have been in 
the background) cranked up WAY too high and it was masking my CW 
monitor tone, so I couldn't hear myself send and I had to do all of 
my sending by trying to guesstimate the amount of time required (at 
X-WPM) required to send each individual character... heheh! I fixed 
that newbie's error real quick and things got off to a  MUCH BETTER 
second start... heheh!

I still have to remember that when I make a sending error, sending a 
string of DITS to signify an error doesn't translate to anything in 
RTTY... heheh! Some habits are difficult to break. But it sure IS FUN 
working RTTY stations... esp. when I tell them I'm sending CW to them... heheh!

73,

Tom   N0SS
(and if I send K0SS when I was working K6SAD, I'm gonna have to fix 
my fist) <G>