[digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios

2010-02-19 Thread James French
Wondering if someone can point me to a link or some literature explaining about why there is a FSK mode on the HF radios like the Icom ic-746pro, Kenwood TS0940sat, and Ten-tec Paragon (585)? Is there a reason for this? I am asking this because I have listened to some RTTY using either USB or

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios

2010-02-19 Thread Andy obrien
FSK is RTTY but so is AFSK. Some rigs support the use of RTTY in FSK while others require a TNC or sound card to generate the tones. FSK on transceivers tends to invoke narrower filters and the frequency you are receiving is displayed differently. The serious RTTY guys tend to prefer FSK. This

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios

2010-02-19 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- On Fri, 2/19/10, James French w8...@wideopenwest.com wrote: From: James French w8...@wideopenwest.com Subject: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:58 PM Wondering if someone can point me to a link or some

Re: [digitalradio] RTTY and mode selection on radios

2010-02-19 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
RTTY should be used in the LSB mode regardless of the band. I don't use software for RTTY so I cant tell you a thing about that.