I'm trying out RTTY for the first time today during the OK RTTY contest in
preparation for the upcoming RTTY RU in a couple of weeks. I have used MixW
running AFSK for years on my FT1000D to the extent that I got quite used to
the visual signal spotting aspects of the waterfall display. I normally
search and pounce rather than send CQ so I'm always tuning looking for new
signals on the waterfall.
Using LSB on the K3 with a filter width of 1.5KHz is working perfectly. I
just point the mouse at any signal that I see on the waterfall in that
bandwidth and transmit. I know I'm supposed to use the Data mode with dual
passband but the bandwidth is so narrow I hardly hear any signal until I'm
right on top of it. And the waterfall is so narrow I barely see the signal
unless I tune very slowly with the finest tuning resolution. Once I'm on top
of a signal it too works perfectly.
My impression is that the Data mode with dual passband would be better for a
station sending CQ and then very finely tuning to pick out the calling
stations. Is that a valid assumption or have I just not mastered the art of
using the Data mode. Or does the problem reside in my decision to use MixW.
Mike K2MK
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