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

[Gerry Block (sbcglobal)]

Jack,
   Not exactly but you are certainly managing your 
time better.  I was supposed to have my HF Rtty 
station on the air by the end of this year and guess 
what - no time found yet to work on it.
   You know I've been driving myself batty trying to 
remember who at AT&T gave me that cabinet (it was a 
gift if I could get it transported.  His name was Doug 
and he was a retired VP or something but for the life 
of me I can't remember his last name.  He was a super 
nice gentleman of the old school - must have been 
pretty recently retired.
  I think at that time Keith and Irv were having their 
breakup.  There was a fight over who designed the TTL-
II.  All I can tell you was Keith drew the schematics 
(2x scale, with a marking pen over pencil on an 'E' 
sheet..)

Regards
Gerry


--- Original Message ---
From: wa2hwj at att.net
To: "Gerry Block (sbcglobal)" <GBLOCK at sbcglobal.net>, 
Gary <gcarlist at garychatters.com>
CC: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY HF technician license? 
Not so fast.

>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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