Hi Frank:
I just heard Tom, K0SS working K6SAD on 20 meter RTTY. Tom was
using his K3 and was sending CW which was being translated into
RTTY. The only reason I know this is because he mentioned it in his
QSO. I thought he was using a keyboard! Very impressive first hand
demonstration of the CW to RTTY translator built into the K3. In
addition, Tom's signal was 10 over S9 and the RTTY signal was clean
and perfect copy (using MixW 2.18).
Great demonstration of the K3 CW to RTTY capability. Darn, I can't
wait to get my hands on my K3!
Thanks for the reception report!!!
I was running the K3 @ 100W barefoot into a Bencher SkyHawk tribander
@ 73 feet, pointed due west.
I had perfect copy on K6SAD as well... great sigs from him, even
though there was some QSB toward the end of our QSO.
That was my 2nd (I think) CW>RTTY QSO... first one was pretty much a
disaster since I had the RTTY sidetone (which should have been in
the background) cranked up WAY too high and it was masking my CW
monitor tone, so I couldn't hear myself send and I had to do all of
my sending by trying to guesstimate the amount of time required (at
X-WPM) required to send each individual character... heheh! I fixed
that newbie's error real quick and things got off to a MUCH BETTER
second start... heheh!
I still have to remember that when I make a sending error, sending a
string of DITS to signify an error doesn't translate to anything in
RTTY... heheh! Some habits are difficult to break. But it sure IS FUN
working RTTY stations... esp. when I tell them I'm sending CW to them... heheh!
73,
Tom N0SS
(and if I send K0SS when I was working K6SAD, I'm gonna have to fix
my fist) <G>
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