[RTTY] Fwd: RTTY contesting...

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Thanks Peter...

That's a nice piece of history I did not know. I started on RTTY in 1964 and 
I'm even having trouble remembering that far back! I do recall everyone was 
using 850 Hz shift at that time, eventually migrating to 170/200 Hz as 
technology got better.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Laws" <plaws at plaws.net>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:42 AM
Subject: [RTTY] Fwd: RTTY contesting...


> Some RTTY 'test tidbits from W6JVE:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:00:11 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [RTTY] RTTY contesting...
> To: Peter Laws <plaws at plaws.net>
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> Well, back in the '50s there were two contests a year.  The Fall one
> was Sweepstakes, and the winter-spring one was called the Anniversary
> Contest.  It was held the weekend nearest the 20th of February and
> commemorated the beginning of FSK privileges on the HF bands.  I could
> look up more if you really want to know.  Believe the sponsors of both
> of them were the RTTY Society of Southern California and its publication
> originally called RTTY, which became the de facto national magazine
> for RTTY enthusiasts.
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> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
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