[GreenKeys] Rtty monitors

[Richard M. Gillingham]

I worked at the control location of WBR70.  Miami International Flight 
Service Station. (FAA) We also had an hf voice communications freq, 6568 
both AM and SSB.
The actual transmitter site was a few miles SW of the Tamiami Airport (TMB). 
The receiving antennas for WBR70 were two huge log periodic antennas 
actually on the airport property located between the two parallel runways. 
They were aimed at Tegucigalpa and at Swan Island and we relayed all the wx 
info received there onto domestic tty circuits and AFTN.  At the transmitter 
site there was a plethora of wire.  Sturba curtains, rhombics etc.  When I 
started work there, the transmitters were TMC, but were upgraded to 
Racal/Milgo in the 1970's.  I've still got a dud 4CX10,000J as a doorstop in 
my shack.  I was not involved in operating or maintenance of the site, but 
being a ham, and friendly with the techs, I got lots of opportunities to 
check it all out.

Gil, W1RG
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To: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>; <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Rtty monitors


> Up on an 8.4 mc frequency which i think is operated by the Canadians, when 
> the propagation is right there is a rtty signal underneath them and just 
> off to the side that sounds like it's 50 baud or what the old La Prensa 
> sounded like..  I've not heard it loud enough to make copy but La Prensa 
> and WBR70 out of Miami at 100 wpm were my favorites.  That one was good 
> for working a 100 wpm machine in after a good cleaning and lubrication 
> session.  Sure made you aware if there were any adjustments off.
>   Das springen poppen etc. etc.....
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
> Richard M. Gillingham wrote:
>
>> Ahh!!  Prensa Latina.  Absolutely the finest usage of the English laguage 
>> I've ever seen!  Every word, phrase, sentence perfectly formed for 
>> maximum nasty..
>> Grammar, syntax and all was perfection.
>>
>> And excellent copy here in the Miami area.
>>
>> Gil, W1RG
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Rtty monitors
>>
>>
>>> 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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