It makes sense if you are running "true" RTTY AFSK tones of 2125 / 2295. Or any mode for that fact. If you are using default offset I will find you on any dial frequency you may give.
At 05:36 PM 2/24/2007, you wrote: >It just doesnt make sense to give someone the incorrect frequency when >spotting a digital station. Nor does it make sense to give them a VFO freq, >since we all know that the station IS NOT THERE. It is the VFO plus the >audio card freq added together. That is where we will find the digital >station, no matter what rig we have, or what our offset freq is. I really >detest seeing someone giving a vfo on the spot, and giving a offset to add >to it, in the notes. Just give me the freq. I dont care what your vfo or >offset is. Mine may or may not (probably not) be the same exact things. >But you can bet that if you give me the vfo plus offset as one figure, that >when I click on it, my CAT program will put me on top of the signal, and I >can read it immediately, without having to look around at a dozen different >signals before I can do so. It is the same with CW signals. I may have 800 >cy offset , and you may have 600 or 759, it doesnt matter. If you are using >a waterfall, and I am, the signal will be right where we want to copy it. >If not using a waterfall/computer readout, it will still be in the correct >place in our earphones.
