[GreenKeys] Saving RTTY art as audio

[Eugene Hertz]

Well, I will admit, the idea of saving it to audio isn't garnering much interest, but I would say the benefit of doing this way can only be explained in the same terms as George's new project. There is some nostalgic, soft benefit of doing it this way. Why doesn't George just have a website full of binary or ascii files that anyone can download? I guess because there is something special in hearing the data and using a TU to decode the data as it would have been received and decoded from over the airwaves.  No other real benefit, and certainly much bigger files!

Eugene



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim McNerney [mailto:mc at media.mit.edu]
>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 04:17 PM
>To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [GreenKeys] Saving RTTY art as audio
>
>Indeed, storing RTTY art for posterity is a noble cause. 
>Can you help me understand the rationale behind storing RTTY art 
>as audio files (MP3s, etc) instead of in binary form? 
>(i.e. "just the bits, ma'm") 
>For certain application, especially where there is 
>a time component, or where one is training RTTY operators 
>and the like, I can certainly understand the need for audio. 
> 
>--Tim McNerney 
> Newton, MA 
> 
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