[RTTY] Green Keys vs. PSK31 - One man's opinion

[George Johnson]

Jeeze Scott,
My story isn't too much different.  I do have a macro in RITTY that has my 
call and will put your call in there if I do it right.

And I have to admit I spent real dollars for that program plus the upgrades.

And when I type, I screw up and have to keep going cuz it's gone out anyway...

But it is soooo cooool to see the guys on PSK backspacing when they make an 
error.  I even watched as one operator backspaced constantly and was 
clearing my entire screen in the process.  There are just so many fun 
things to do with these new modes.  You can even have music in the 
background...  oops I guess that one was not part of the "mode".

It is curious that we are conversing on this keyboard using this "email 
mode" vs being on 20 meters on the keyboard right now (??).
FWIW,
George .. W1ZT




At 04:59 PM 1/19/2005, Scott Schultz wrote:



>I have heard comments like this before where RTTY operators just can’t 
>“put their arms around” these new-fangled digital modes and embrace them 
>like RTTY and I think I know why.


SNIP

>So here is my theory; its not the fact that operators are jumping into 
>this mode without the benefit of having been properly Elmered, and its not 
>even the fact that they have not made a financial investment in equipment 
>and software that is causing some us green keyers to be uncomfortable with 
>these new modes. During Bill Clinton’s 1992 candidacy, his campaign 
>manager James Carville became famous for saying, “It’s the economy, 
>stupid!”. I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but as far as I am 
>concerned, my reason for not fully embracing these modes is because, “It’s 
>the macros, stupid!” Sure, being a proficient typist does make any 
>computer-to-computer QSO flow a bit easier, but I would rather have a 
>“conversation” with a hunt & peck typist than a so-called QSO with 
>someone’s left index finger clicking a macros with a mouse any day!
>
>73,
>de Scott NØIU