[GreenKeys] RTTY Art?

[Ralph Mowery]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brooke Clarke" <brooke at pacific.net>
To: "'greenkeys'" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:17 AM
Subject: [GreenKeys] RTTY Art?


> Hi:
>
> On eBay item 180134849480 there are some RTTY art tapes.  No images are 
> shown, just the tapes in cans with labels.  I remember seeing some of 
> these that were almost photograph quality when viewed from a distance and 
> wonder how they were made?
>
> With a modern computer you could scan a photograph and for each character 
> position choose what character to print based on the photo density and 
> make some nice images.  But these were done BPC (before PC) by hand and 
> eye as far as I know.
>
>

Here is how one fellow did it years ago.

http://www.rtty.com/gallery/rttyeasy.htm

He was one of the best or better know artists.

I should dig out some of the tapes I have from about 25 years ago and put 
them up on ebay if there is that much of a market for them.  Hate to say how 
many hours I spent copying them off 20 meters.   There were a bunch of hams 
on 14.090 almost every Satruday and Sunday all day long sending the pix.