If you have no need for beam headings, rename bearings.dat to something else. Like wise, if you don't want to use the friend.ini file, rename it. It goes HIGH for transmit, and LOW for receive. However, some terminal units require LOW for transmit, and HIGH for receive. You can use this simple circuit to provide isolation and inversion.
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Edit your RTTY.INI file using your favorite text mode editor. The latitude and longitude settings are used to assist in determining the correct beam headings to the contest multipliers. The degrees are entered as decimal portions, not as minute notation. The following table illustrates several locations, and their approximate location using decimal notation. There are some well known problems with Windows 98 and serial port programs.