[Elecraft] CQ WPX RTTY Contest

[Rick Prather]

I forgot to mention that I also will set the tuning bars in cocoaModem as
close to 1275/1445 (my preferred tones)  as I can and often use the XY
tuning indicator in CCM.

BTW, CCM also has the benefit of being able to use both VFO's and tuning
for the next call while I wait for the "NR?'s and AGN?'s"  to be finished
on the main receiver.  That way is I have a secondary station tuned in on
the SUB I can do a quick A/B switch to work the next one.

Rick
K6LE

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:57 AM, David Kuechenmeister <n4kd at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>  I ran my K3 with the K3IOB upgrade card installed. I also have a P3 and
> set it to a 10 KHz span. Before, when I used the line out as an input to
> Fldigi, it seemed like there was a little more tolerance in how I tuned in
> on the space signal. Now, I notice that the K3 decodes text when I get
> reasonably close to the space signal, but Fldigi still needs a little more
> finagling to get it decoding at all.
> I may be back to using the Xonar sound card and cables unless I can
> establish a more consistent tuning procedure on the RTTY signals.
> vy 73,Dave N4KD
>
>
>
>  On Monday, February 15, 2016 12:22 AM, Rick Prather <rprather at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  I used RUMlogNG for WPX and it worked very well.
>
> My set up though is a bit different than your's I think.
>
> I use the K3 set to FSK D  and cocoaModem as a back up.  I tune the signals
> using my P3 set to about 15 Khz span and tune to the Right (space) signal.
> The only repeats I needed to give didn't surprise me since I am running
> only 100W to a wire.
>
> I found that cocoaModem was slightly better at decoding but most of my
> decodeing and therefore grabbing call signs, etc. was from the RUMlogNG
> display with cocoaModem used mostly as an occasional backup.
>
> Interestingly enough, I found a few situations, especially on weak and/or
> fluttery signals, where the K3 did a much better job of decoding than
> cocoaModem.
>
> I also spent some time running FLDIGI on the side but found it was not
> nearly as good as cocoaModem or the K3 in decoding.
>
> Rick
> K6LE
>
>
>
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