[GreenKeys] RTTY HF technician license? Not so fast.

[wa2hwj at att.net]

Gerry,
It is a shame youth is wasted on the young...but, it's been such a long
time since we met, that we probably both think of each other
as teenagers, even now! (boy, do I still remember that brand new
28ASR cabinet!!)
73 OB,
Jack WA2HWJ




-------------- Original message from "Gerry Block (sbcglobal)" <GBLOCK at sbcglobal.net>: -------------- 


> FYI I got my novice at 8 and my general at 9 and was 
> on RTTY at 10. 
> 
> I was using a using TTL-II just designed at that time 
> by Irv and Keith Petersen. I built it from a copy of 
> a hand-drawn schematic from Keith later published in 
> RTTY journal. Still wish I had the demodulator 
> (junked) and the schematic (junked). 
> 
> I made money for all my projects fixing teletype 
> machines. I could disassemble and reassemble a model 
> 26 or model 15 without manuals (didn't have any). It 
> was only later I obtained the unobtainium - a model 28 
> built up from parts - from a friend of Keith's at the 
> Bell system, including a NEW surplus cabinet. 
> 
> My skills were at their peak. All downhill from there. 
> 
> Ask Jack. He'll vouch for me. It's true. 
> 
> 
> Regards 
> Gerry 
> AD6MC 
> 
> --- Original Message --- 
> From: Gary 
> To: Eugene Hertz 
> CC: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY HF technician license? 
> Not so fast. 
> 
> >Eugene Hertz wrote: 
> >[...] 
> >> Nine-year-olds have passed it. How, I can't 
> imagine). I can not 
> >> imagine how hard the general test would be to get 
> me the proper 
> >> ability to use RTTY on HF (and run my model 28--ok, 
> this message is 
> >> only "near-topic"). 
> >> 
> >> Very dissapointing and a little discouraging :( 
> >> 
> > 
> >I have a few comments, but, as this is mostly off 
> topic I'll try to keep 
> >them limited. 
> > 
> >- High school age is rather common for getting an 
> amateur radio license. 
> > High schools may have ham radio clubs or 
> stations. My high school 
> >did, and, of course, several students were licensed, 
> mostly general 
> >class. I think that is a more appropriate age, 
> compared to nine, for 
> >getting kids started. 
> > 
> >- You don't have to imagine how hard the general test 
> is. The question 
> >pool can be downloaded from the ARRL web site. The 
> conceptual level for 
> >general is about the same as for technician. The 
> emphasis is on HF 
> >operating, but otherwise not greatly different. 
> > 
> >- If you would like to operate HF RTTY the best 
> approach would be to 
> >plan to get a general class license. 
> > 
> >- It has been a while since I actually operated HF 
> RTTY. I got my start 
> >back in high school with a Model 15, a Heathkit DX-60 
> transmitter, a 
> >Hallicrafters SX-100 receiver and a Twin City TU 
> built from parts picked 
> >up at hamfests and scrounged from old dead TVs. I 
> only operated on 80M 
> >with a dipole back then. For me, making a contact 
> two states away was 
> >DX, but it kind of amazed me how well such a simple 
> setup could do. 
> > 
> >73, 
> >Gary 
> >[So much for "limited" comments.] 
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