[Elecraft] K4 and RTTY question

[Bill Frantz]

I'm getting ready for NAQP RTTY today, and I am reminded of an 
old bug using the KY CAT command to send RTTY text. I am using 
RUMlogNG on my MacBook Pro in contest mode which uses the CAT 
interface to send and receive RTTY. (It also uses CAT with CW.)

If I try to chain output, e.g. press the function key to send my 
callsign several times, frequently the first parts of the 
chained output are dropped, as shown by the text shown in the 
VFO-B display.

This does not occur on CW, so I think the CW to Data conversion 
may be involved. The command is defined in the programmer's 
Reference as:

   KY (CW or CW-to-DATA Keying from Text;

If I chain by using a K3 memory and pressing the M1-4 button 
several times, the VFO-B display shows "CHAIN" and things appear 
to work correctly.

I will admit, that while I can check what is being sent by 
listening to the monitor tones with CW, but I can't quite be 
sure about the RTTY.

Will this problem be fixed on the K4?

73 Bill AE6JV

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