[Elecraft] RTTY IN K3 TERMINAL PROGRAM

Don Cunningham wb5hak at martineer.net
Fri Sep 24 15:07:39 EDT 2010


I'm with Charles on this request.  By simply adding the option for "diddles" 
on (ltrs or blanks, your choice), you can do what he asks.  That keeps 
feeding either letters or blanks as long as there is no input from the 
keyboard and keeps things keyed.  It HAS to be a simple move and would add 
value to the terminal program for RTTY chats.

Also, if possible, I would like to see an option to choose character out 
(what I see as default now), word out (to allow those lousy typists like me 
to correct a word before it goes out), and line out (for those wanting to go 
back further than one word to make corrections before they go out).  Also, 
that would seem to be simple as you only need to recognize the space bar for 
word out, and end of line functions for line out.  At some point, it would 
be nice to be able to set line length in configuration or somewhere so our 
friends still using machines (and there are SEVERAL who do for the fun of 
it) can put up with us, hi.

These simple changes would make the terminal program serve 99.9% of my RTTY 
needs and I, like Charles, know allllll about MMTTY and I still have my old 
HAL gear.  This would just be what I would like to use most of the time, a 
SIMPLE terminal program.  A bonus is it won't hurt the contesters' usage at 
all, hi.

Thanks for the consideration,
Don, WB5HAK 



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