[GreenKeys] Opinions wanted for best HF converter

[herbert3 at centurytel.net]

When I came back to ham radio as my retirement hobby after a nearly 30 
year absence I had been warned that some things had changed but it 
never occurred to me that RTTY was included in that.  When did people 
start calling Terminal Units ("TU's") converters?  I never know what's 
being discussed!   I would think that the failure of these people who 
think they are using RTTY to send a proper line feed and two carriage 
returns would be of great concern!   But worse is the fact that when 
you try to explain why those functions need to be sent you get a blank 
stare.   I do wish the people who fail to use a proper 
electro-mechanical device for the mode would find another name for it!

And before you  think that I'm just another old fool who refuses to 
learn how to operate a computer you should know that I have three 
software defined radios operating in my shack along with four computers 
and there was a time when Microsoft thought enough of my opinions to 
make me a beta evaluator when Visual Basic first appeared!

Never forget that if you haven't built a Terminal Unit that would fit 
inside a polar relay case you simply haven't paid your dues---maybe 
only 50%.   The rest comes from rescuing a poor machine that has been 
sitting on an unpaved garage floor for a decade, has rusted to a solid 
mass and then see the first line of RY's march across the page!

73

Lee   K9WRU   WD2XSH/32

Quoting WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com>:
> Best converter is probably in the eyes of the owner.  I have used a
> lot of them through the years but I think if you turn on the bands
> this upcoming weekend starting at 0001Z you will hear plenty of RTTY
> signals and be able to decode quite a few. 
>
> Hal ST-8000 I find to be very good. Most all work pretty good most of 
> the time. 
>
> -- Jay WS7I
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