[GreenKeys] ST 8000A

[John Beckman]

Many, many thanks to all of you who have offered suggestions on software 
for the HAL ST-8000A. It is so very nice to know that there are still 
some RTTY "fanatics," (like I am!) still out there. After a hiatus of 
about 10 years (I was flying R/C airplanes using our 50mhz band) I got 
back into the shack about 3 years ago - and although I love CW, and have 
some other old farts I SSB with a few afternoons a week on 75M, 
something was missing. And that was RTTY.
I have the expensive interface to work all the new exotic tiny bandwidth 
modes, but I've never used it. Just as I view CW as "ham radio," I feel 
the same way about RTTY. There is a camaraderie on true RTTY that I've 
never found anywhere else.
I think it is the fact that you are "writing a letter" to the other guy 
and it is a lot easier to put your true feelings in a letter than it is 
using fone. Over the years I spent RTTYing I'd run into contacts from a 
year earlier and it was like running into an  old friend, and we'd pick 
right off where we'd left off.

Thanks for allowing me into the RTTY web group, and I appreciate very 
much your suggestions and advice. If I get the ST-8000A I'll let you 
know how it works out.

73 to everyone,

jb W4BTX