[Elecraft] RTTY for SOTA?

[Wayne Burdick]

Yeah, Mike, there's something "magic" about it. Receive tuning isn't finicky. And when you send CW with the paddle, you get to hear both your CW sidetone as well as the FSK mark/space tones, 12 dB down :)

Wayne
N6KR

> On Aug 17, 2020, at 7:16 PM, Michael Walker <va3mw at portcredit.net> wrote:
> 
> Wayne
> 
> I think doing RTTY is a good idea.  Speaking from someone who used to own a Model 15 with Tube Terminal Unit!  :)
> 
> I still do RTTY today.
> 
> Mike va3mw
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:27 PM Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> No, this is not a trick question :)  And yes, I'm aware that most data mode operation uses computer based modes like FT8 and JS9call these days. But read on.
> 
> Of all the data modes available to ultralight adventures, RTTY is the easiest to use, for three reasons -- assuming you have a KX3 or KX2:
> 
> - it's easy to tune in mark/space tones using the CWT display on the rig's LCD
> 
> - text decode appears immediately on the VFO B display -- no other gear required
> 
> - paddle-sent CW gets converted to RTTY while in FSK-D mode
> 
> - no need for a computer, smartphone, etc. to do demodulation
> 
> The K3/K3S, KX3, and KX2 all have these RTTY and PSK modes built-in, at multiple baud rates.
> 
> I've made hundreds of Field Day and contest QSOs using RTTY on Elecraft rigs, but I was wondering...has anyone tried RTTY on a SOTA outing? 
> 
> If someone would like to experiment with this on a sked, I'd be happy to give it a go.
> 
> I also have the vague notion that slower, nonstandard RTTY might be fun to experiment with to improve SNR and reduce bit error rate during fading. Thoughts on this topic would be welcome. It would be easy to add such a mode to our KX line.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> 
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