[GreenKeys] RTTY Art?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Ralph:

Are you able to see that URL?
I ask because most people have found www.RTTY.com to be down.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.precisionclock.com



Ralph Mowery wrote:
> 
> ----- 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.
> 
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