[Elecraft] K3 - RTTY Question

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Sun Feb 28 14:04:49 EST 2010


Dick,

When using AFSK A, you must set the mark frequency in MMTTY and that in 
the K3 to the same value.
I believe the K3 keeps that information on a per band basis, so make 
certain you set it on all bands.  The per band basis is why you saw 
different offsets on various bands.

73,
Don W3FPR

RLVZ at aol.com wrote:
> This weekend I used my K-3 on RTTY for the first time.  Using the  K-3's 
> AFSK-A mode along with N1MM & MMTTY.
>  
> I quickly noticed that I was off frequency by differing amounts on  each 
> band and seldom would anyone come back to me when I called them.   So I called 
> CQ myself and waited for people to call me and then went tuning  to see 
> what freq. they were on.  To tune callers in on  20-meters it usually required 
> an RIT setting of +0.10 while on  40-meters they usually called in with RIT 
> at -0.10 ... seemed to  be a little different on each band.
>  
> Question: Is there a way prior to operating, to setup the  K-3 so the 
> transmitted RTTY is on freq. on each  band?  
>  
> By the way, when I did get the K-3 on frequency is worked  greatll! 
>  
> Thanks & 73,
>  
> Dick- K9OM
>  
>   
>  N1MM shows PSK mode on top of the logging window when the K3 
>   
>


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