The World of RTTY: Ed W0YK and Bill W9KKN with the Contest Crew

The collective RTTY (Radio Teletype) experience between Ed Muns W0YK, Bill Fehring W9KKN, and Randy Thompson K5ZD is formidable. Ed is arguably one of the most knowledgeable RTTY mode hams in the United States, with numerous entries and records in RTTY contests and positions managing the biggest RTTY contests in the world. Bill is a technically savvy operator who is engineering improvements in some of the best contest stations in North America and including RTTY capabilities in the mix. Randy simply loves any sort of radiosport where he can compete at a high level, and RTTY is no exception. In this conversation, this trio discusses RTTY from the basics to complex contesting techniques such as call stacking. If you’re curious about RTTY and would like to learn more, listen to Episode 14 of the Contest Crew. Thanks for watching and subscribing. 73, Kevin W1DED

[@mattfrey6068]

Thank you, all of you for the great information. These videos on Kevin’s channel have been wonderful. Please keep them coming

[@lizzyfan1986]

Enjoyed W0YK class at Contest U this past weekend

[@adyg6ad73]

Thanks guys, I learned a lot about a mode I have never used (yet).

[@californiaqsoparty5786]

I wonder who those four guys were at that NCCC meeting a long time ago!

[@tony2wheelz408]

Thanks for the video, unfortunately, my club does no contesting and I haven't the clue how and where to get started and have no clue what the attraction is, I hope to soon.

[@ismellbeanscooking]

"Different softwares." When did this creep into the Engrish language?

[@smeuse]

What rtty software do folks recommend to get started?

[@JosephVE3GKT]

As I understand, N1MM works very well with MMTTY. For contesting that's probably the way to go, although I've not set that up myself yet. Craig K9CT has an awesome interview on Kyle AA0Z's channel about setting up RTTY. I think it's called "RTTY Masterclass with Craig K9CT".
To get started, FLdigi works, and it will also do PSK31 with the same (or very similar) macros.
73 VE3GKT

[@dezwatson6993]

MMTTY is a good program to learn RTTY. Also MMTTY interfaces very well with DXLog. 73 Dez, G3WW / M6W

[@edmuns8313]

MMTTY is good because it runs standalone so you can get started quickly and simply. Then, you can integrate your logger and the 2Tone RTTY software l.

[@JosephVE3GKT]

Awesome episode Kevin, Randy, Bill, and Ed! Thank you very much for making it happen! 73 VE3GKT
Edit: very interesting to hear about the different softwares these ops use. Craig K9CT has an awesome masterclass on Kyle's channel!