[LCC] NAQP RTTY K5ER Single Op LP

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Very interesting observations Mark. I have heard others say they have seen 2Tone not copy anything during a reception. I don't
recall ever seeing this, but it may be that when I used it in conjunction with N1MM during CQ WPX RTTY and in my testing that I had
two 2Tone decoders running so maybe I just didn't see it. I plan on going back through my 170 screenshots to see if this ever got
captured.

73, Don AA5AU

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From: LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] On Behalf Of Mark, K5ER
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 8:34 PM
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Subject: [LCC] NAQP RTTY K5ER Single Op LP

             NAQP RTTY Score Summary Sheet

        Start Date : 2013-02-23

     CallSign Used : K5ER

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
              Band : ALL
             Power : LOW
              Mode : RTTY

      ARRL Section : LA
         Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
          Software : N1MM Logger V12.12.1

         Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
          3.5      97      97   36    1
            7      52      52   26    0
           14      55      55   23    0
           21      56      56   23    1
           28      14      14    4    1
        Total     274     274  112    3


             Score : 31,510

	Once again, too many distractions. Didn't really plan on participating, and instead was looking for last 3 states and a few
new countries on 160. I had taken time to load 2Tone, after Don spoke so highly of it, and decided to give it a try. Early on, spent
a little while on telephone with Bobby, but still didn't get his interface working. Had unexpected company drop by for a "short" 2
hour visit, and still had to re-hang my 80 meter antenna, which fortunately seemed to work better than before. Time management was
not my friend, but still had lots of fun.

	Don's write-up was right on. 2Tone was MUCH more forgiving when not being zero beat on someone's freq. Still too new to this
mode to speculate too much, but three times, 2Tone didn't copy ANY characters while MMTTY copied an entire exchange. One other time,
2Tone missed only a single character. 
Other than those 4 times, 2Tone copied as good or better on every other contact. Several times, I didn't see anything on the tuning
indicator, or hear anything from the speaker, yet 2Tone was able to decode a contact. I wish I had filmed my screen, because while
totally unscientific, I'd guesstimate that on at least 80-90 contacts, MMTTY missed either the call, my exchange, or both. Not just
a letter or two, but enough that I could not guess what would have been correct. Through weak signals, fades and some slightly off
freq, 2Tone copied them all, as long as the tuning indicator wan near their freq. As mentioned, since still new, I am still getting
used to having to watch a tuning indicator and read the text. Add in SO2R, and I have two of each, and now with the new decoder, I
have four of each. Still, its that much better and saved me from dozens and dozens of having to ask for fills. Thanks David, G3YYD,
for a great piece of software, and thanks again, Don, for sharing your experience and passion for the hobby. We are all better
because of it.

73,
Mark, K5ER


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