[GreenKeys] Re: RTTY these days

[W8MAQ@aol.com]

Jack and all,

Coincidentally, I did the same thing, d/l'd and put MMTTY on a surplus IBM 
Thinkpad 770, just to give it a try. There was lots of Baudot on the air over 
the weekend with a contest, so I got lots of practice and experimentation 
time with MMTTY. I like it.

Now mind you I have a growing stable of GreenKeys machines and my goal is to 
get one or more on the air with a Dovetron, but I was swayed by the mode and 
tempted to connect MMTTY to my Collins 380 radio. So last night I got onto HF 
RTTY for the first time! Hooray for that, and it works well, but for certain 
the 28KSR Skintight will be on 20 meters this weekend. I want the racket and 
the smell of warm oil!

73 Jim W8MAQ



> Message: 9
> From: wa2hwj@att.net
> To: greenkeys@mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:22:27 +0000
> Subject: [GreenKeys] RTTY these days
> 
> This past weekend I downloaded "MMTTY" onto one of my PC's. It is a 
> Windows-
> based RTTY program that has some really neat features. Since it uses the 
> sound 
> card only (for AFSK and receiving) it can be used as a good test source for 
> 
> TU's (or "converters" or "demods"). I understand that it is pretty popular 
> now 
> on the Ham bands. But of course, as a Greenkeyer, I feel it is unnatural to 
> 
> operate RTTY without any mechanical noise being created. 
> 
> Jack WA2HWJ
> 
> NNNN
> 



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