[GreenKeys] New Project

[Eugene Hertz]

Exactly! How cool would it be to get some "period" news that one might have seen actually coming off a teletype?! Afterall, who wants to see news of Britney Spears come off a teletype?... but Nixon?! Great stuff
Eugene


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Veenstra, Lester [mailto:Lester.Veenstra at intelsatgeneral.com]
>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 01:38 PM
>To: 'Eugene Hertz', 'George B. Hutchison', greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: RE: [GreenKeys] New Project
>
>I think I may still have 5 level paper tapes punched during the Nixon 
>resignation day from UPI or AP HF feed. 
> 
>Lester Veenstra 
>Senior Engineering Program Manager 
>Intelsat General 
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>Bethesda Maryland, 20817 
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> 
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eugene Hertz 
>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:42 AM 
>To: George B. Hutchison; greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] New Project 
> 
>George and all, 
> 
>While live information is great and certainly timely, I could also 
>imagine having various "songs" available for download that could be 
>historical in nature. For example, lets say I want to teach my kids 
>about JFK. Imagine being able to go to the project and initiate the 
>news stories that came over teletypes of his assassination? 
> 
>Or how about various nasa launches and successes and failures? There 
>would seem to be a TON of interesting material that could be 
>"re-enacted." Although someone would have to key/OCR these stories 
>(unless collectors out there had the tapes). But maybe we could enlist 
>the help of other greenkey enthusiasts to do this work. These could be 
>translated into mp3 files to be stored on George's server for later 
>listening/printing. Could be really neat! 
> 
>Eugene 
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: George B. Hutchison [mailto:w7tty at readysetsurf.com] 
>>Sent: Monday, February 7, 2005 06:30 PM 
>>To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
>>Subject: [GreenKeys] New Project 
>> 
>>GreenKeyers - - - 
>> 
>>I have been playing with a new project. 
>> 
>>You will have to go to www.winamp.com and download (for free) WinAmp 
>>5.08 audio player. Real Player will also work, but I find WinAmp easier 
> 
>>to use. 
>> 
>>When you have WinAmp installed you can test it by going to 
>>www.shoutcast.com and listen to one of the thousands of audio feeds 
>>going out over the internet from all over the world. 
>> 
>>Once you have it running, if you click on the upper right the "FILE" 
>>button, a pull-down will occur and you will see that the second option 
>>is "Play URL". 
>> 
>>Click on it and a little window will appear asking for a URL to be 
>>entered. Enter the numbers <207.207.72.32:8000> and see if you can hear 
> 
>>"The Quick Brown Fox" being transmitted with 2125 Mark and 2295 Space, 
>>60 WPM five-level ITA#2. The Program Description Window in WinAmp will 
>>say "Teletype News" 
>> 
>>The transmitted bit rate is 24 K, and the audio is 22,050 samples/sec, 
>>mono. 
>> 
>>My upload bandwidth will allow about 32 or so "listeners" at the 24K 
>>bitrate. I am going to find an encoder which will work at 16K bits/sec, 
> 
>>so that those with dial-up only will be able to have a continuous audio 
> 
>>string. Right now it is what it is. 
>> 
>>Am interested in what people think. The FCC shot one project down in 
>>flames, but by using the internet they can't say anything, and it IS 
>>worldwide. 
>> 
>>If it seems to be acceptable, we will install a new "Communications 
>>Center" on WWW.RTTY.COM so you can just wander into the Comm Center and 
> 
>>hopefully select from a number of offerings. 
>> 
>>I will have this test running 24/7 for several days, and your comments 
>>are encouraged 
>> 
>>73, 
>> 
>>George, W7TTY 
>> 
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