[GreenKeys] Father "RTTY"

[David Ross]

NNN7DXB at aol.com wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Enjoying the discussion.
>
> How many RTTYers are there these days still on HF???? Are there, by chance,
> any HF RTTY (amateur) nets? (i.e. nets that just use teletype gear, and not
> computers, emulators, "software" of any kind, but actual teletype 
> machinery)....
>
> Dave

Dave & the gang -

  Clatternet is on the air at 0930 Pacific time on Saturdays, currently 
we are on 3587 KHz.  We use standard military 850 shift "MARK LOW" tones 
-  MARK = 1575 & SPACE = 2425  on USB, always 60WPM.

  We chose these tones so that we would be compatible with the largest 
number of military RTTY sets.  Compatible military gear includes the 
GRC-106 & MD-522 and the PRC-47 & CV-2455, plus many others.

  Clatternet has been on the air since 2001 or so, back then we used 
10137 USB.  As propagation faded, we moved first to 7087, and then to 
the current freq of 3587.

  When 10137 was in good shape, clatternet was like wireline all up & 
down the west coast, we had 11 checkins on one Saturday back then.  
Lately on 3587 we are sometimes down to three regulars, Al W6GER & Mike 
W7NPA & myself, but we rarely miss a Saturday.  Al runs Kleinschmidt 
gear, generally with a Dovetron & Sunair radio.  Mike is usually on a 
Model 15 or a Model 28 with a GRC-106 & MD-522.  I use a Model 28 
skintight, a Dovetron, and a Sunair radio at home, or maybe a PRC-47 & 
CV-2455 and a 28V MITE teleprinter for portable ops.

  Join us if you can hear us.

73
Dave Ross    N7EPI