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From: halbert@ucbvax.UUCP (Dan Halbert)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Query: RTTY and AMTOR units
Message-ID: <151@ucbvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Apr-84 21:22:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  7 21:22:35 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Apr-84 07:03:39 EST
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I'm interested in getting an RTTY unit, preferably with AMTOR capability.
The prices of the commercial units vary wildly, and I have no clue as to
the quality differences. I have a fine RFI-free computer terminal, but would
rather not buy a cheap computer (VIC-20, etc.), so the software/modem
combos are not what I want. I'm interested in a variety of speeds and shifts,
so I can listen to commercial RTTY as well.

Any advice? Are there big differences in modem quality? Some AMTOR units
supposedly implement only a subset of AMTOR modes; which ones would I be
missing? The new Kantronics "Universal Terminal Unit" seems inexpensive,
and perhaps well suited to what I want, but their ads contain little
information, and the local store has none yet.

I will summarize any info I get in another message. Thanks.

--Dan, N6ICX, ucbvax!halbert, Halbert.PA@Xerox (arpa), Halbert.PA (Xerox)