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

[Larry L Lindblom]

George, you forgot to tell his that some of us OFs are just too darned
set in out ways to adapted to anything new!  As for me I seldom rag chew
on RTTY because of my very poor typing.  Ever since a stroke 8 years back
the fingers on my left hand do not seem always to hit the same keys my
brain is telling them to press.  So for me it is mostly F1, F2, etc in
the contests.  Even then I sometimes embarrass my self  by punching the
wrong F key:-(

73, Larry L

W0ETC 
 
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:51:48 -0500 George Johnson <w1zt at comcast.net>
writes:
> 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
> 
> 
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