Jeff, I was in the same situation with native RTTY and PSK decoding with the K3. We camp a lot in our small RV trailer and I wanted to master the native capability B4 hooking up a computer. I just couldn't get the hang of tuning PSK and RTTY, but got it down pat now. Most of the ham band RTTY QSOs were too short to get the hang of tuning, and I mastered the PSK tuning first. Here are my suggestions ~
-- change the RTTY pitch decode to 915 instead of 2125. I found it easier to listen with my ear, having set CW pitch to its highest of about 900 hZ. I was trying to find the 'audio tone sweet spot', so to speak. -- find some strong RTTY transmissions. The two that helped me the most were the W1AW 3PM and 6PM Pacific data transmissions on Mon thru Fri. If those times are inconvenient, then on Saturdays the 'old' coastal station of KPH has been re-licensed as KSM under the wonderful sponsorship of a group of folks. http://radiomarine.org/ And they do RTTY transmissions long enuf to zero in. I'm not taking anything away from what the other folks have said as they have been most helpful to me. So I would start tuning up in FSK D mode until the leftmost bars when solid and could hear the 915 pitch tone. Once you got it decoding on those transmitters, then you can play with narrowing the filter BW and trying the DUAL PB. Good luck... Dennis ----- SN #4335 with 13, 2.8 and 400 8-pole filters and 10 watts. TCXO KBPF3 general coverage option. Plus the wonderful T1 tuner and two BL2 baluns. Back on HF after 25-year absence. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Help-with-RTTY-tp5568816p5572562.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
