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6.5.3 Formatting Your Transmitted and Received Text<br />
The default configuration of the <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong> RTTY parameters are designed<br />
for natural conversation and traffic. Sometimes it is desired to<br />
alter how your typed text looks on the screen of the station you are<br />
talking to. The commands ACRRTTY and ALFRTTY allow for customizing<br />
the Carriage Return and Linefeed characters in your transmitted text.<br />
To allow for changing how received text is displayed on your screen or<br />
printer, see the ACRDISP and ALFDISP commands in the Command Summary.<br />
MARS operators have some special requirements for RTTY operation and<br />
displaying text. To accommodate these, the CRADD and MARSDISP<br />
commands are included and should be reviewed in the Command Summary.<br />
6.5.4 Sending a Synchronous Idle or DIDDLE<br />
Some RTTY users like to send an idle signal when no data is being<br />
transmitted. To allow for this the <strong>PK</strong>-<strong>232</strong> has the DIDDLE command.<br />
See the Command Summary for more information.<br />
6.5.5 Echoing Transmitted Characters As Sent<br />
Since Baudot RTTY at 45 baud is rather slow, some users like to know<br />
just when the characters they are actually being sent. The EAS<br />
command when turned ON will Echo characters to the display only when<br />
they are sent over the air.<br />
6.5.6 Sending Only Complete Words<br />
Some RTTY users like to have their words sent out only when they are<br />
complete. This allows the word you are currently typing to be edited<br />
as long as you have not typed a character. Turning WORDOUT ON<br />
activates this feature. See the Command Summary for more information.<br />
6.5.7 <strong>Operating</strong> on the Wrong Sideband<br />
In RTTY operation it is important to be operating on the correct<br />
sideband, otherwise other stations will not be able to copy your<br />
transmissions. If you find another station operating on the wrong<br />
sideband, you can reverse your receive sense with the RXREV command so<br />
you will not have to change sidebands yourself.<br />
Similarly, if someone tells you that you are on the wrong sideband,<br />
you can correct your transmit signal sense with the TXREV command.<br />
See the Command summary for more information on these commands.<br />
6.5.8 Unshift-On-Space (USOS)<br />
The Unshift-On-Space (USOS Command) automatically changes the received<br />
Baudot/Murray code characters to the LETTERS or lower case condition<br />
after any "space" character is received.<br />
When operating Baudot RTTY under poor conditions, a received LETTERS-<br />
SHIFT character can be garbled, or another character can be wrongly<br />
interpreted as a FIGURES-SHIFT character. Turning USOS ON helps<br />
reduce reception errors under these conditions.<br />
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