[GreenKeys] Rtty monitors

[William J. Neill]

WBR70 brings back lotsa memories.

So, who or what was KMG22 back in the late 1960's?

Bill Neill
Conroe, Texas

On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Richard M. Gillingham wrote:

> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <telegrapher at att.net>
> 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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