Thanks Steve.
Assuming Jaws reads well for me, can you give me a ball park figure for all
necessary hardware and cables?
I'm on a tight budget, and I don't want to spend allot.
I prefer to buy new, I don't trust buying used equipment.
Thanks again, and 7 3.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: TS-2000 and RTTY.
> Rick
>
> I'm no RTTY guru, but have been doing it for a few years with
> reasonable success, using the free MMTTY software:
>
> http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmtty.php
>
> I would suggest downloading the software and doing a simple audio
> connection between radio and soundcard. Get the receive side of things
> working and see if you can get your screen reader to give you good
> speech on the incoming text, before spending money on an interface for
> transmitting. I use JAWS and it reads well enough. I know a fellow
> using Window Eyes, and his setup seems to read better, but I've got
> almost 100 countries in the log on RTTY, so I can't complain.
>
> If you get that far, you will need to decide if you want to transmit in
> FSK (software hardkeys the radio), or AFSK (radio is in SSB mode and
> soundcard makes the RTTY tones). I prefer FSK, since the filters in
> that mode can be tightened up and it makes tuning in a signal easier.
> If you go AFSK, using 2 soundcards is helpful to keep screen reader
> audio from being transmitted, but there are tricks to getting by with a
> single sound card.
>
> My interface is a Rascal from Buxcom, connected to a usb to serial
> adapter on a Win 7 pc. For RX I use the internal soundcard in the
> TS-590, but have done this on the TS-2000 and 480, using either a Signal
> Link USB, or pc's onboard soundcard.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 12/20/2011 11:34 AM, Rick wrote:
>> Hi list.
>> I want to try RTTY using my TS-2000.
>> What do I need to get started?
>> Thanks in advance, and 7 3.
>>
>>
>>
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