[GreenKeys] AMTOR/FEC

[AI2Q]

Old Kantronics UTU firmware-based terminal units using nice switched-cap 
filtering and AFSK detectors can often be found for a song at ham radio flea 
markets. They make excellent AMTOR units, and decode/xmit RTTY and ASCII to 
boot.

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex
Member: ARRL, FOC, RSGB, CWops, QRP-L, Antique Wireless Association, New 
England Radio Discussion Society, DXCC Honor Roll, 16ØM DXCC, 8ØM DXCC
http://home.roadrunner.com/~alexmm





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty" <kt4k at bellsouth.net>
To: <telegrapher at q.com>; "'Greenkeys'" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] AMTOR/FEC


> MixW2 does Amtor, Pactor, Packet etc. Is free.
> http://mixw.net/
>
> 73, Marty Kt4K
>
>
>
> From: greenkeys [mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> telegrapher at q.com
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:58 PM
> To: Greenkeys
> Subject: [GreenKeys] AMTOR/FEC
>
> Is there any software program that would decode the Amtor/FEC 
> transmissions of WLO and KSM?  Stuff that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? 
> I'd like to have a backup program should something happen to the DXP38 
> unit.
>
> HAMSCOPE supposedly does but i've not been able to get it to work.  That 
> program is nice to use if you want to adjust the receiver bandpass and 
> other filters to narrow up the  spectrum for best noise/spurious emissions 
> from other services.
>
> I find that software wise for RTTY,  FLDIGI and MMTTY along with the HAL 
> DXP38 work really well.  The Hal DXP38 unit did really well even on 
> copying the DD rtty station out of Germany on 10 mc.  Of course the DXP38 
> will also do FEC, Clover, RTTY and one other mode which eludes me at this 
> time.  MMTTY has a nice + display in the window when running along with a 
> readout of the MARK freq which allows for close tolerance tuning.
>
> But then all you RTTY guys know this.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
> Making sure the reflector hasn't died with trivial comments!