[Elecraft] K3 Question: AFSK-A or DATA-A for RTTY?

2014-09-15 Thread James Bennett
I've been a PSK31 user just about ever since the mode came to be. Not a heavy user, but couple time a month I get on and have some nice keyboard QSO's. In the 50 years that I've been licensed, I have NEVER made a RTTY QSO! However, it does intrigue me so I started messing with it a little this

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Question: AFSK-A or DATA-A for RTTY?

2014-09-15 Thread Bill Frantz
I find myself switching between Data A and AFSK-A quite a bit. The RTTY dual passband DSP filter (DUAL PB) can help a lot with QRM from nearby RTTY signals, and it eliminates much of the off-frequency noise. You can also turn on TEXT DEC to get the K3 to decode the RTTY, giving you another

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Question: AFSK-A or DATA-A for RTTY?

2014-09-15 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jim, and all, Yes, the AFSK A data submode is optimized for RTTY operation. The default sideband is LSB and the use of the dual filter is possible. Furthermore, the K3 dial display shows the mark frequency. If you are using an RTTY mode with an application such as MMTTY, you will find the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Question: AFSK-A or DATA-A for RTTY?

2014-09-15 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,9/15/2014 8:46 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Yes, the AFSK A data submode is optimized for RTTY operation. The default sideband is LSB and the use of the dual filter is possible. Furthermore, the K3 dial display shows the mark frequency. If you are using an RTTY mode with an application such

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Question: AFSK-A or DATA-A for RTTY?

2014-09-15 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,9/15/2014 7:07 PM, James Bennett wrote: What is the real benefit to switching to AFSK-A mode for RTTY? Is that what everyone is using, or is DATA-A just as good? Hi Jim, I read other folks responses without seeing your original post. Sorry about that. To use AFSK, you need a single