[GreenKeys] the rtty blues (still)

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:16:07 -0400

There are some reasonable signals on the RTTY section of 20 meters right
now...  Several European stations on.
About 14.080 to 14.087 Mhz, more or less.

Good luck
Gil, (the other Gil)
W1RG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gil smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] the rtty blues (still)

> Hi folks:
>
> Well, for the last couple of weeks, I have been trying in vain to find an
> rtty signal with MMTTY.  Anything at all with readable text.  Just to put
a
> stupid grin on my face.  I would also like to be able to find something
for
> the dovetron to listen to, eventually.
>
> I have about 50-feet of antenna wire suspended in an L shape over the
> building's flat roof, end-connected to an rg-58 center conductor.  I seem
> to get decent reception on the TS-430.  I'm sure a better antenna would
> help, but that's what I have for now.
>
> I have been checking the ham bands daily, at different times, and can only
> find cw, ssb voice, and some data stuff that is not rtty.  I have tried
> freq suggestions from past greenkeys posts as well, though not daily.
>
> Outside the ham rtty bands, notably around 7500 KHz, I regularly find a
> couple of 850-Hz shift signals -- these are strong and clean and show a
> good cross pattern on MMTTY's meter.  Sadly, these seem to be encrypted
> text, or there is something that I am not doing properly.  I have tried
> different baud rates, and mark/space reversal, to no avail.
>
> I have been led to believe that an 850-Hz shift will typically be using
> 75-wpm, and that a 170-Hz shift will be using 45.45-wpm.  Are there other
> standards?  Is there anything else to tweak in MMTTY?
>
> Sigh.  Any thoughts appreciated,
>
> gil
>
>
>
>
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