Hi All Indeed, I have encountered someone able to decode RTTY by ear - at least well enough to copy callsigns whilst working a pileup! Chris Burger ZS6EZ went into detail explaining to me how he developed his listening skill, and demonstrated it as well, some years back whilst I was living in Johannesburg and visiting his QTH outside Pretoria.
Those who know Chris will know that he is an outstanding CW operator, and he developed his skill with decoding RTTY by ear during a DXPedition a number of years back where he operated RTTY, working around 100 Q's per hour! An amazing man, and a real education to speak to! 73 de Barry ZS2EZ (EX ZR2DX / ZR6DXB) KF26TA - Port Elizabeth,South Africa Member : PEARS, SARL, ARRL, SA AMSAT -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Douglas Sent: 23 December 2006 09:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: CW vs PSK = Brain vs Machine Decode You can indeed learn to "copy" a bit of rtty. I used to be able to set and hear someone call my government call sign in it. It is simply 5 level code, and I have heard of one or two guys who could copy messages, but never saw anyone do so. The REVS is quite easy to recognize. Just set rtty to idle and you will hear that. Also RYRYRYRYRYR is no problem, if you hear it just a few times. I would personally think that PSK was too fast, and besides that, it is 8 level code. Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all DX 2-6 years each . QSL LOTW-buro- direct As courtesty I upload to eQSL but if you use that - also pls upload to LOTW or hard card. moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- > DX Clutser telnet://cluster.dynalias.org 14078.4 USB Suggested 20M Calling Frequency to arrange "skeds" Yahoo! Groups Links _______________________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content and is believed to be clean. For more information please visit our website at www.axxess.co.za or phone our 24/7 call center on 0861 300 900
