[Elecraft] Re: VP6DX RTTY QSOs on the K3 -- without a computer

[wayne burdick]

Hi Dave,

David Yarnes wrote:

> Hopefully you won't think I "cheated", but I put a message in one of 
> the memory cells  to use for calling.

We planned it this way  :)  I also recommend that you insert an "IM" 
prosign (..--) at the end of any message used in DATA modes to truncate 
the usual CW-to-DATA timeout from 4 seconds to about 1 second. The IM 
character is ignored in CW mode.


> But I have a question!  At what baud rate does a message come out of 
> memory on RTTY?
> On CW its at the rate you have your keyer set.  So, should I turn the 
> speed up on RTTY?

It's fixed at 45.45 BPS, or about 60 WPM, the most common RTTY 
standard. The keyer speed control has no impact on this. We may support 
other standard RTTY speeds in the future.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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