[GreenKeys] Re: KSM Granted RTTY Frequencies

[Richard Dillman]

> This is great news for all of the RATT/RTTY junkies out there but
>  not to take any wind from KSM's collective sails remember that George, W7TTY,
>  at considerable expense and time was doing this for several years and tried to get a real license from the 
> FCC to do this very same thing and was shot out of the water.
>   
>  Don't get me wrong here. I'm overjoyed to hear that KSM will be putting that soothing music back on the 
> air for my equipment to again shake, rattle, and roll too again.

Hello, Rich and members of the Greenkeys list.  It's RD here from KSM, back on the Greenkeys list after a long absence.

Thanks for your note.  I too am a big fan of W7TTY.  We copied his on the air transmissions regularly (on a model 28KSR at the transmit site) and his Internet transmissions (on a model 28ASR at the receive site) just to have the music of an operational Teletype machine in the background.  In fact I sent the announcement of KSM RTTY frequencies over his Internet system yesterday.  I wonder if any members copied it.

I even got to meet George when he sold me some Boehme and Kleinschmidt Morse code gear to help raise money for his operation.  We use those machines at KPH/KSM.  He's truly dedicated to the cause of RTTY as we all know.  In fact his work was a big inspiration for us as we thought about the possibility of putting the station on RTTY.  So we, along with you, offer a big tip of the green eyeshade to George for all his pioneering work.

We can't yet say when the first RTTY transmission will take place since we have a fair amount of work ahead of us to get two transmitters operational on a new mode on new frequencies.  I picked frequencies that are close to our 8Mc and 12Mc CW frequencies to make things a bit easier.

After the great response to our announcement we've received from the RTTY community I'm thinking that our first transmission should be a special, even ceremonial event.  Rest assured that we'll make an announcement well in advance of that event so everyone can have their equipment at the ready.

Best Regards,

RD

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Richard Dillman, W6AWO
Maritime Radio Historical Society
http://www.radiomarine.org
Collector of Harleys, Willys and
Radios over 100lbs.
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