[RTTY] [GreenKeys] RE: "Straight key night" for RTTY

[Lee Mushel]

No, no!   You are gettng too close to going too far.   You can never come to
agreement if you try to set any standards other than using a real teletype
machine.   I don't consider myself to be a true RTTY Old Timer since my
first machine, 7/8s of a Model 19 was only obtained in 1972.   But I had
built my first terminal unit ten years before that.  Yes it had tubes but I
could say that if you hadn't bought your toroids from Elliot Buchanan and
you hadn't built a TU in a polar relay can you really aren't a true blue
RTTY person.  But that would be silly.   While I now own an ST-6 built by
HAL my first one was mostly home brew since I bought only bare boards.   And
I would object strenuously to the tube requirement even though I must have
at least four tube type TUs around here.   I would put being able to set a
governed motor properly with a tuning fork ahead of that.   And how could
you possibly set up a machine without a fox box?

Oh, I almost forgot.   How can you possibly enjoy teletype if you can't type
faster than 60 wpm so you can experience the resistance of the machine
against your fingers?

No, keep it simple.   Just use a real mechanical machine and don't worry
about it being a Model 14, 19,26, or 28 or some other more exotic creation!

73

Lee   K9WRU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david freeman" <_dave.f at mail.com>
To: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>; "Roy Morgan"
<k1lky at earthlink.net>
Cc: <wa3frp at aol.com>; <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RE: "Straight key night" for RTTY


> Requiring vacuum tube gear would leave me out of it this year.
> It seems like just requiring a one of the stations to be using a
mechanical teleprinter is enough.
> It would be fun to be the center of a pileup because you are
hunting/pecking. :)
> Dave, WW8S
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> > To: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
> > Cc: wa3frp at aol.com, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net, rtty at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RE: "Straight key night" for RTTY
> > Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:38:47 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >
> > When we were doing this [Green Key Night] some years back we were
> > doing it on Feb 20, the anniversary of legalizing FSK on the HF
> > bands in the U.S.
> > There were no rules, just get on the air and have fun and remember the
> > RTTY pioneers, but participants were urged to use mechanical
teleprinters
> > if possible, vacuum tube gear if possible, and 850 Hz shift if possible.
> >
> > The event never turned out to be very popular, probably because Feb 20
> > falls on a week night most years.  And the original grant of FSK
> > privileges started at midnight local time, so the prime time for
operating
> > was the following night, still  Feb. 20 but ending at midnight.
> >
> > The original date for FSK operation was Feb 20, 1953, so next year will
> > be the 56th anniversary.
> >
> > Another thought would be a QSO party or contest where use of mechanical
> > TTY gear is required, or gets extra points.  Would you want to require
> > vacuum tube gear?  850 Hz shift?
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Roy Morgan wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:55 PM, wa3frp at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yes - this is a great idea and I am very interested in participating.
> > >
> > > How about having a side event to the normal Straight Key Night?
> > > Run it the same times as the SK night.  RTTY signals in their
> > > normal spots on the band or bands would hopefully not offend the
> > > cw guys a lot.  We'd be unlikely to ovewhelm the bands so as to
> > > cause trouble.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > Roy Morgan
> > > k1lky at earthlink.net
> > > 529 Cobb St.
> > > Groton NY, 13073
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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