Operating RTTY split – is it magic?

Gang,

I would like to get set up to operate split using RTTY.  I wish to monitor my transmit frequency AND the transmit frequency of the station I am trying to work (usually the DX station).  To do it, I believe I need two digital interfaces running at the same time, one on the main VFO (my RX freq) and the second on the second VFO (my TX freq) [ I am using a K3 for this experiment].

Can someone give me a clue how I might configure this both hardware wise, and software wise.  I currently have MMTTY and MMTTY2 on my RM2 desktop.  Do I just start the first one, and then start the second one?  Are there instructions in the N1MM Logger documentation that I should be reading?

After I get everything configured, I would like to try some on-air tests while I learn what I am doing.  Currently, when I want to grab a W1AW/? station on RTTY, and they are operating split, I keep switching VFOs (A/B) until I get each VFO set to where I think he’s listening, and then I give a call.  But, I feel like I am operating blind, since I can’t copy except on the signal that’s on the A VFO.

Help please.  Thank you.  73, Mike, K1DM

One comment on “Operating RTTY split – is it magic?

  1. No magic involved, Mike. 🙂 I’ll send you more later, but keep in mind that Main RX is on left audio channel and SubRX is on Right audio channel and that when K3 is in Split mode, it transmits on VFO B.
    You need 2 instances of the DI running (or you can just add an additional RX window in the DI-1 Setup. In MMTTY setup you can select which audio channel it is listening to.

    More later, but you are on the right track.

    73, Ken K3IU
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