[GreenKeys] Re: GreenKeys Digest, Vol 11, Issue 9 Characters per line???????

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Well..  Lessee here.  It's just the fellers who have never used the real 
iron teletype machines are unfamiliar with the line length, number of CR 
used in the EOL sequence and other stuff we need for reliable operation of 
our machines.  The software is capable of most of the stuff we need but the 
ops aren't.  Some will listen, some don't care.  The etiquette goes both 
ways of course.  where I'm used to sending a couple of CR at the end of a 
line, the silent tty folks get two line feeds too..  And if I give 'em the 
CR CR LF that we used in the FAA, it drives 'em nuts.  (3 linefeeds) 
Soooo..  The machinery and the electronics work okay together, but the 
brains behind the keyboards need training..

Just remember to have fun..

73
Gil, W1RG
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Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Re: GreenKeys Digest, Vol 11,Issue 9 Characters per 
line???????


> Jan Bogue here with a couple of questions.
>
> I went on 20 meters this morning and listened to and copied three or four
> rtty signals.  I watched them on the computer program MMTTY to get a 
> feeling of
> what is going on.  When the signal seemed clean and tight, I turned on the 
> 19
> set, and she copied the same as what was on the computer screen, good when
> good, bad when bad.  I was real happy with this, but what is the deal with
> characters per line???  One signal went across the screen and finally 
> returned after
> 90 plus characters.  The 19 set tries to figure this out as best as it 
> can.
> Another clear signal made a regular carriage return around the 75 mark 
> which
> the 19 thought was cool and continued to copy without a miss.  Is there 
> some
> type of mini characters per line war going on in the world of RTTY?  Are 
> there
> little RTTY habits I should look for?  Do the black rabbits talk to the 
> white
> rabbits, or do I have to act like the white or black rabbits when I am in 
> Rome.
> I just finished repainting the 19 set table a nice gray, and I have 
> repainted
> the Teletype cases on the 19 set, and I have put them back over the 
> machine.
> Boy, what a difference in the sound level.  I love to hear machines run, 
> but
> now my ears were ready for a rest.  The darn thing looks almost civilized 
> and
> respectable in its new black tuxedo and white fanfold paper shirt and tie.
> Hope you all can give me some pointers on RTTY etiquette.
>
> 73s
> Jan Bogue sweating on the desert in 29 palms, yes sweating.
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