Getting Started on RTTY - Page 2
When you first start MMTTY, the screen should look like this. Immediately go to the Help pull-down menu and select MMTTY Help. Browse through the ENTIRE help file. The help file is excellent.
Once you have browsed the entire help file and hopefully read most of it,
you will then be ready for the next step. The next step will be hooking up your
sound card to your radio to RECEIVE RTTY. We will concentrate on receiving RTTY
first. Once you've read the help file and can receive RTTY, then you should be
ready to make that most important decision - transmitting AFSK or FSK - and we will move on
to transmit.
Along the way, if you have problems, the best place to ask is the MMTTY User's
Group. This is an
MMTTY reflector on Yahoo that you can join. You can access
this User's Group by going to the Help pull-down menu within MMTTY and select
"MMTTY User's Group". Choosing this option will open up your web browser to
where you can join the User's Group. There are lots of users of MMTTY that will
be very happy to help you. I'm not an MMTTY expert. It worked straight out of
the box for me. I don't use all of the functions such as the log or
contest features. But if you have questions, don't hesitate to
send them to me at
aa5au@bellsouth.net.
I don't use the MMTTY program for my everyday RTTY operation. I do use MMTTY as
part of my WriteLog contest program. A special MMTTY plug-in was written by
Jorgen, SM6SRW, for WriteLog. And I use WriteLog with the MMTTY plug-in
nearly every
day. If you are a WriteLog user, then by all means, continue with this
tutorial and learn MMTTY. From there, you can easily use MMTTY with WriteLog.
I maintain a WriteLog RTTY website at
www.rttycontesting.com
and have a full set of instructions on how to use the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog
there.
On Page 3 we will discuss getting receive audio from your radio to your sound
card so you can receive RTTY.