[RTTY] What RTTY Sounds Like

Bill Turner w7ti@dslextreme.com
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:49:14 -0700


On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:38:43 -0500, you wrote:

>I'm in the middle of another project and have been thinking about
>how I would describe what a RTTY signal sounds like to someone
>who has never heard it before.
>
>I'm drawing a blank here.  And could use some help.
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I remember, even as a kid listening on a shortwave radio, that RTTY
sounded like someone playing a bunch of fast but random notes on a
flute.  Not music certainly, just a string of tones.

73, Bill W7TI