[GreenKeys] Rtty monitors

Tom Norris r390a at bellsouth.net
Fri Jan 12 16:07:25 EST 2007


Fun stuff back then.   I used to copy UPI and "Prensa Latina" daily  
feeds, full scale solid copy.

Tom NU4G



On Jan 12, 2007, at 2:09 PM, charles hunter wrote:

> I had one of those 64s in 1986 and the plug-in Morse and RTTY card.  
> The card cost about $50 and could copy morse up to about 25wpm.  
> RTTY decoding was restricted - no amtor, sitor, fec, etc. It was  
> made by a guy in Gaithersburg, who shipped direct. It was simple to  
> use: Plug into the tape or earphone jack of any reasonably stable  
> receiver (I had a sony ICF6500) and tune in the signal with the  
> fine tune  control.  First hits were AFP Paris, CFH Halifax, KAWN  
> at SAC HQ and of course Havana's propaganda machine.great stuff and  
> you could print too on the Commodore line printer. (remember  
> those?? :) )



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