Using RTTY by WF1B for Morse Code

    There is a possibility of using RTTY by WF1B for both receiving and sending Morse Code (CW), depending on your TNC. This method will work with the PK 232, 900, and KAM+; but there is nothing in the instruction manual about this ! This is just for FUN and the effort may not be worthwhile to you.

Background:      One snowy day at the junkpile in the woods,  I was idly working on my CW  W.A.S ( pure digital as I don't remember the alphabet in Morse any more) in the NA QSO CW Party, which is just like the RTTY one. I was using Log-EQF by N3EQF, which I have set up to run both RTTY or Morse with the press of one key. The macros are the same because the TNC commands for transmit and receive are the same on my PK 232 or PK 900 for Morse and RTTY. Print is very dependent upon the fist of the sender. But in a contest, auto-keyers are very common and often give perfect print. And lots of nifty states and DXCC countries are there begging to be worked.

How to Do it:   My little inspiration that day was to fire up RTTY by WF1B, select NA QSO Party, AEA CMD Set, go alt-T to talk to the PK 900 TNC and put it in Morse mode. A few CW type macros (no, I didn't use the friend.ini) and I started making perfect contacts.  All the features work as normal; it just sends and receives in Morse. It soon feels just like working a RTTY contest; click on the name, dupe checking, the rig/band control .. Click on the name and state and it goes into the right box, the same tuning to catch the transmission, etc etc. Of course, if you want to call CQ, you had better be able to read the code in your head as there will not be time to tune the caller quick enough and the CW quality may be too poor for the TNC to copy.   It also takes a little bit for the TNC to figure out the WPM of the sender.
Here's a step-by-step procedure:

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