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FOR EXAMPLE, Q1 SELECTS QRSS3 OR 3 SECOND DITS, AND Q4 SELECTS 60 SECOND
DITS.  ALTHOUGH ITS POSSIBLE TO SEND QRSS DIRECTLY FROM THE KEYBOARD BY
ENTERING A COMMAND BEFORE A STRING, THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF QRSS IS TO
FORMAT A SPECIFC QRSS MESSAGE.  RTTY THE K45 CAN BE CONFGURED TO OPERATE IN
RTTY TRANSMIT MODE.  RECEIVE RTTY IS NOT INCLUDED.  THE FORMAT IS FIXED TO
BAUDOT FSK WITH MANY OPTIONS.  TWO MENUS OF CHOICES ARE PROVIDED BY A
KEYBOARD COMMAND ESC R.  MESSAGE STORAGE AND EDITING ARE ALSO USED, AS WITH
STRAIGHT CW.  MOST COMMON RTTY FUNCTIONS REVERSE, DIDDLING, AND CR/LF
HANDLING CAN BE SELECTED.  THE K45 PROVIDES FSK OUTPUT, WHICH DIRECTLY
DRIVES A TRANSCEIVERS FSK INPUT ASSUMING THE TRANSCEIVER HAS THIS
CAPABILITY.  WHEN RTTY IS FIRST ENABLED, TRANSMITTER FSK OUTPUT IS ASSIGNED
TO THE RING OF THE OUTPUT JACK, WHILE TRANSMITTER KEY OUTPUT IS ASSIGNED TO
THE TIP.  THESE CAN BE CHANGED BY COMMAND.  IN SUMMARY THERE IS A LARGE SET
OF CAPABILITIES IN THE K45 THAT YOU CAN SELECT, MODIFY, USE, OR NOT USE.
IT IS ADAPTABLE TO JUST ABOUT EVERY SORT OF CW OPERATION BECAUSE IT DOES
NOT NEED A PC.  GENERALLY, ANY SORT OF USB SUPPLY WILL POWER IT TO FULL
ABILITY.  DURING THIS TEST, THE UNIT ADDED QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST AND FUN
TO MY CW OPERATING.  IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LETTERS AND WORDS APPEAR
ON THE LCD SCREEN AS I COMPARED THEM WITH THE ONES I COPIED IN MY HEAD.  I
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