[Dxbase] Re: DXBase and RTTY

Thu Sep 30 20:43:29 EDT 2004

Bill has suggested this before. I tried it with DXB 2004 and it did not 
work. I have given up getting DXB 2004 to send CW (DXB 2002 did it for 
me) and downloaded CWDecoder XP. It works fine with Win 2000.
		Jim N4AL
FireBrick wrote:
>> One little anomaly....for those people who have trouble getting DXBASE 
> to send cw...
> Starting MMTTY on the same com port as you have cw set to will usually 
> make DXB able to send cw.
> Close MMTTY and the cw ceases to function.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <w2nra at optonline.net>
> To: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:34 AM
> Subject: DXBase and RTTY
>>>> Hi Chicagoland,
>>>> I heard you in the contest at the end of a CQ. I called you but I 
>> guess you decided to take a break. My signal is not to strong 
>> either. This was my first RTTY contacts in 12 years, (I think) and I 
>> never was much into this mode. I used to use a Hal computer card and 
>> FSK in a Ten-Tec Paragon. That setup was fool proof. You can see my 
>> Hal tuning meter in the photo at:
>> http://www.birdsandbeacons.com/qrp/past_stations.htm
>>>> Now I am using a microHam Keyer USB interface and it works great. It 
>> was actually quite complicated to setup and get MMTTY and WriteLog to 
>> work but after many hours, the help of AA5AU's web tutorial and trial 
>> & error I got everything working. I am having a lot of fun with it 
>> though I just bought my wife an iPOD for her birthday, so I don't get 
>> much computer time anymore. We're a 1 computer family (I do have the 
>> laptop but my rig is next to the desktop and there isn't enough room 
>> for both of us to squeeze in at the same time).
>>>> I have a question for your since I know your are knowledgeable about 
>> DXBase and I believe your favorite mode is RTTY. Have you managed to 
>> setup RTTY and use DXBase at the same time? The best I can to is turn 
>> off rig control rig contol in DXBase and use MMTTY to run RTTY.
>>>> 73,
>> Art
>> W2NRA
>>>> PS: Good luck with your Cubbies!
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