[GreenKeys] Don M.

Mon Dec 27 19:47:02 EST 2010

Don is N3RHT and is selling stuff on Ebay as "dgm-pgh".

I just got some RTTY filetrs from him..

Jack K0TTY

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Glen Galati
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 5:53 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] Don M.

Hi George,
Was Don a Ham?  If so do you know his Call?
73,
Glen

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  1. Mr. Don Merz (George B. Hutchison)
  2. More Data Tek DTS-1 (Dave Hunter)
  3. ATTN Europeans And Telex Machine Enthusiasts (George B.
Hutchison)
  4. CFH 10.943 Now Dead (Ron Boltz)
  5. Re: CFH 10.943 Now Dead (John Vendely)
  6. Re: CFH 10.943 Now Dead (Duncan Brown)
  7. Atlantic Research Data Tek 9600 Restoration (Steve Ripper)
  8. Re: data sources for Baudot data (Jim Cook)
  9. Re: CFH 10.943 Now Dead (John Vendely)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:23:45 -0800
From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at olypen.com>
Subject: [GreenKeys] Mr. Don Merz
To: "GreenKeys" <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
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GreenKeyers - - -

The last time I talked to Don was a couple- three years ago, at least.

He had been an IT person for Gargantuan National Bank and was
unfortunately
one of the point men for the nationwide downsizing/streamlining/RIF
efforts
which have plagued America and been the norm for what seems like the
last
decade.

He has been slowly divesting himself of many of his favorite goodies
which
include his older radio stuff and teletype gear.

When we chatted he was just going into the mobile music/DJ business
with his
son, and felt that the future was pretty bright.

I was also a mobile dj/club jock/karaoke host for sixteen years, so he
and I
had something else in common.

Hopefully he occasionally peeks at the GreenKeys digest and keeps
somewhat
updated on the latest quirks and gizmoes so often seen on GreenKeys.

The phrase "Remembering Don Merz" struck a sad chord with me as it
implies
that he had shuffled off this mortal coil.

Don't Want Dat.

W7TTY

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:45:56 -0400
From: "Dave Hunter" <dhunter at islandregister.com>
Subject: [GreenKeys] More Data Tek DTS-1
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
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Hi Folks:

First of all, I hope that all you had a very Merry 
Christmas...

I finally had a while to play with my newly arrived test 
set. The fist thing I wanted to do was to set it for 20 ma 
loop as per section 5-4 of the manual. It was set 
originally for a 60 ma loop.

I think I have figured out the settings for testing 
teletype machines (ASR-33 and Model 28, etc.) to print out 
the QBF on attached teletype printers.

However, mine came without the normal test cord for 
testing, and only the loopback cord (thankfully I had that 
for setting loop current).

I have ordered a couple of  PJ055 plugs and some large 
alligator clips for connection to the teletype machines. 
Once they come, I will test it using my ASR and KSR 
33's,and then on my Model 28 ASR.

It is a little daunting because of all the settings, but 
from my past experience seeing Ken use his machine on my 33 
printers, I know it will do a great job.

It arrived in pretty well mint condition,  except for its 
missing test cord - Very pleased with it. Once I get down 
some of the basic settings, it be a great help when testing 
these machines...

Once again, Happy Holiday to all, and thank you all for 
being there! You have all been a great help!

Dave

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:51:29 -0800
From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at olypen.com>
Subject: [GreenKeys] ATTN Europeans And Telex Machine Enthusiasts
To: "GreenKeys" <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
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European GreenKeyers and Telex Enthusiasts - - -

Greetings and Salutations

That ITTY Channel which has been carrying 100 WPM ITTY traffic has
been 
slowed down to 66 WPM!!!

It's carrying the same material as the 60 speed channel, but as an 
experiment towards getting more interrest in ITTY from Europe and the
Telex 
Club of The Universe, 66 WPM data is available Just for You!!

Watch Don House Reorganize Washington, DC in gorgeous black and
canary.

Join Wayne LeTourneau as he stealthily moves through the snowy woods
of 
Minnesota carrying his 12 gauge Mini-Gun and the 1000 round magazine
on his 
back, seeking news from the Cutpurses, Ne'er-do-wells, Varlets, Drunks
and 
wierdos lurking deep in the hinterlands.

See Tom Tillson Cleverly tweak the ITTY computers from his underground
lair 
somewhere in New York State.

See George screw things up because he is half-asleep.

Enjoy the thrill of watching The Cat step on the cabling.  OOPS -
Won't 
happen on 66 WPM, It doesn't use an external tone source - sorry...

Tune in TODAY to <65.243.191.51:8030> and type it LIVE on your Creed, 
Lorenz, Siemens, or retired 32 ASR Telex Machine.

Recommended Players are Wiindows Media Player, Real Player, or
anything but 
WinAMP.

For some reason WinAMP likes to drop out for no fault that we have
been able 
to determine..

W7TTY - ITTY Central - Sequim, WA. USA

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:45:39 -0500
From: "Ron Boltz" <ecom1 at mhsdesign.com>
Subject: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
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The Canadian Forces 10.943 RTTY marker went silent over the Christmas
weekend.  This was the last CFH station transmitting.  It will be
greatly
missed by me as it was always a good demonstration of RTTY to visitors
and a
good way to test the equipment.  The CFH 10.536 WX was better but that
went
silent several months ago.  Now there is nothing reliable I know of
here in
the east.

Ron Boltz
K3TZJ

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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:32:51 -0500
From: John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: <4D18F7F3.1080600 at cfl.rr.com>
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The Dutch navy still has a few frequencies with 75/850 RTTY in use, 
which I heard over the weekend, but they're just channel availability 
broadcasts.  It's better than nothing, though.  Hopefully they didn't 
disappear after the holiday as well.  The Portuguese navy still had 
similar transmissions, though I haven't checked recently.  The German 
weather bureau transmissions are still there on several frequencies
24/7 
at 50 baud, and I occasionally hear Indian navy RTTY broadcasts in the
8 
Mc band, with shifts as high as 1 kHz.  I also occasionally hear some 
French Forces 50 baud 85 shift RTTY, probably special operations, as 
they appear only sporadically.  Virtually all the French Forces point
to 
point links using the Siemens ARQ modems (ARQ-E, ARQ-E3, etc.) are now

extinct. The only one I still hear is the link from La Reunion to
Paris, 
both sides of which are copyable here at this moment at 11,421.7 and 
11,521.7 kc.  This link idles most of the time, though a small but 
consistent amount of traffic does come through.  Of course, this is 
really not "classic" RTTY.
Suffice to say that HF data transmission has changed radically in the 
last several years.  Maritime stations have gone mostly to proprietary

versions of Pactor, and the military has moved to the esoteric high 
speed HF waveforms.

It's gotten to the point where we'll have to provide our own RTTY 
traffic if we want something to receive on HF.  For what it's worth, 
every April at the Vietnam Veteran's Reunion in Melbourne, FL, we set
up 
a large display of operational military radio gear, including 850
shift 
teletype using two truck-mounted AN/GRC-122 systems.  Regular
schedules 
are maintained, and a number of stations around the country
participate 
in the RTTY nets.  It's dismaying to see how few ham operators even
knew 
how to set their software-based RTTY systems for 850 shift.  Many
assume 
that anything other than 170 shift is illegal.  If there's any
interest, 
I'll make sure this list is notified the next time we operate...

73,

John K9WT

On 12/27/2010 2:45 PM, Ron Boltz wrote:
> The Canadian Forces 10.943 RTTY marker went silent over the
Christmas
> weekend.  This was the last CFH station transmitting.  It will be
greatly
> missed by me as it was always a good demonstration of RTTY to
visitors and a
> good way to test the equipment.  The CFH 10.536 WX was better but
that went
> silent several months ago.  Now there is nothing reliable I know of
here in
> the east.
>
> Ron Boltz
> K3TZJ
>
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:12:21 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
To: John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID:

<15090198.1293484342047.JavaMail.root at elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlin
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John,

Thanks for your report on RTTY signals still on the air. What are the 
frequencies that you are copying??

Please let this list know of your 850hz transmission schedules.  Hope
to have 
our AN/GRC-142 running by then.

Thanks,

Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
USASA  31J

Chief TTY operator & repairman
AWA Communications Museum
http://www.antiquewireless.org/
http://www.antiquewireless.org/museum/museum.htm

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
>Sent: Dec 27, 2010 3:32 PM
>To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
>
>The Dutch navy still has a few frequencies with 75/850 RTTY in use, 
>which I heard over the weekend, but they're just channel availability

>broadcasts.  It's better than nothing, though.  Hopefully they didn't

>disappear after the holiday as well.  The Portuguese navy still had 
>similar transmissions, though I haven't checked recently.  The German

>weather bureau transmissions are still there on several frequencies
24/7 
>at 50 baud, and I occasionally hear Indian navy RTTY broadcasts in
the 8 
>Mc band, with shifts as high as 1 kHz.  I also occasionally hear some

>French Forces 50 baud 85 shift RTTY, probably special operations, as 
>they appear only sporadically.  Virtually all the French Forces point
to 
>point links using the Siemens ARQ modems (ARQ-E, ARQ-E3, etc.) are
now 
>extinct. The only one I still hear is the link from La Reunion to
Paris, 
>both sides of which are copyable here at this moment at 11,421.7 and 
>11,521.7 kc.  This link idles most of the time, though a small but 
>consistent amount of traffic does come through.  Of course, this is 
>really not "classic" RTTY.
>Suffice to say that HF data transmission has changed radically in the

>last several years.  Maritime stations have gone mostly to
proprietary 
>versions of Pactor, and the military has moved to the esoteric high 
>speed HF waveforms.
>
>It's gotten to the point where we'll have to provide our own RTTY 
>traffic if we want something to receive on HF.  For what it's worth, 
>every April at the Vietnam Veteran's Reunion in Melbourne, FL, we set
up 
>a large display of operational military radio gear, including 850
shift 
>teletype using two truck-mounted AN/GRC-122 systems.  Regular
schedules 
>are maintained, and a number of stations around the country
participate 
>in the RTTY nets.  It's dismaying to see how few ham operators even
knew 
>how to set their software-based RTTY systems for 850 shift.  Many
assume 
>that anything other than 170 shift is illegal.  If there's any
interest, 
>I'll make sure this list is notified the next time we operate...
>
>73,
>
>John K9WT
>
>
>
>On 12/27/2010 2:45 PM, Ron Boltz wrote:
>> The Canadian Forces 10.943 RTTY marker went silent over the
Christmas
>> weekend.  This was the last CFH station transmitting.  It will be
greatly
>> missed by me as it was always a good demonstration of RTTY to
visitors and a
>> good way to test the equipment.  The CFH 10.536 WX was better but
that went
>> silent several months ago.  Now there is nothing reliable I know of
here in
>> the east.
>>
>> Ron Boltz
>> K3TZJ
>>
>>
>>
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:24 -0500
From: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>
Subject: [GreenKeys] Atlantic Research Data Tek 9600 Restoration
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <002101cba615$4928b640$db7a22c0$@net>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"

I can't seem to leave any piece of equipment I receive untouched. I
received
my Atlantic Research Data Tek 9600 DTS-1 last week and immediately
dismantled the entire unit. Good thing too as there were a few strands
of
wire floating around inside just looking for the wrong place to land.
Since
I already had the unit apart I decided it could use a fresh coat of
paint. I
happen to have a case of Tektronix blue in spray cans so I removed all
the
hardware and gave the enclosure a couple of new coats. I then replaced
the
rubber feet which had long ago turned to stone and added additional
rubber
feet to the back so when you set the enclosure down it is not resting
on the
cover hinges. All of the hardware was replaced with stainless steel
screws
and I also replaced the plastic latches with the living hinges with
new
plated steel latches. Cleaned the switches and front panel and then
reassembled everything. No need to make any electrical repairs since
everything seems to function as intended.

Photos of the restoration can been seen at the following link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/steve.ripper/AtlanticResearchDataTek9600DT
S1?fea
t=directlink

Cheers,
?
Steve Ripper
steveripper at comcast.net
Mobile: 248-787-0705

l

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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:24:28 -0600
From: Jim Cook <james at al7rv.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] data sources for Baudot data
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: <4D19202C.1010206 at al7rv.net>
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Keyer's,

While not live nor off the air or Baudot!  I think you can use the
text 
files and RSS
feed at http://www.commcenter-8.net with HeavyMetal or other such
programs
  with your machines.

The traffic on the page sent using the familiar java script to
simulate 
a 60 wpm
monitor TTY in a military comm-center.

You don't need to have Java to grab the text file or use the RSS
link.  
The text
file link and RSS links are just below the page printer.

The traffic on the channel is being poke up by few old Mil comm-center

guys.

For the  most part it is all retransmissions of Project Blue Book,
Vietnam
bulletins and other MIL traffic approved for Internet Release (No
Leaky 
Wiki
here!)..

Again,  I don't  know how useful the feeds may be,  but the channels
do
carry traffic that makes for interesting reading and the messages look

great
on yellow  paper!  Commcenter-8 has about 63 minutes of 60 wpm text
on it now.

73,
Jim -- AL7RV

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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:33:59 -0500
From: John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: <4D192267.4020600 at cfl.rr.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Duncan,

The Indian Navy RTTY signals I referred to were station VTP on 8298
kc, 
audible sporadically here on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the 
mid-morning hours.  Also heard was another Indian navy station sending

the identifier "RBSL", not sure what that signifies.  It doesn't
appear 
to be a callsign.  Both stations send weather reports and 5 letter 
cypher groups.

The following Dutch navy and Portuguese navy RTTY stations are still 
active using 75 baud/850 shift, and are good copy here at this moment:

CTP (Lisbon, Portugal) 12853.5 kc, 8551.5 kc, 6389 kc
PBB (Dutch Navy, Dan Helder) 8439.15 kc, 6357.75 kc, 4280 kc, 2474 kc

Both are channel availability broadcasts.  Actual traffic is
infrequent.

Deutsche Wetterdienst is copyable on 7646 kc,10100.8 kc, 11039 kc, and

14673 kc, using 50 baud 400 shift.

I'll have to look through my notes to find the frequencies on which
I've 
heard that French Forces 85 shift station.  The call sign was
"CALORIE", 
and typically was sending test transmissions with "Brick Geants", the 
French equivalent of "Quick Brown Foxes"

To be sure, there's only a fraction of the unencrypted baudot RTTY
there 
was even a few years ago.  However, some can still be found, though it

takes a little dialing around to find it.  I'm fortunate to be located

on the Atlantic coast (about 35 m. south of Cape Canaveral), and have
a 
0-30 MHz rotary log periodic and several beverages.  Signals from 
Europe, Africa, and the middle and far east are pretty good here,
though 
conditions are generally poor these days.  Folks further inland may
not  
hear these signals as well as we can on the coast.  Enjoy these
stations 
while they last!

73,

John K9WT

On 12/27/2010 4:12 PM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> John,
>
> Thanks for your report on RTTY signals still on the air. What are
the 
>frequencies that you are copying??
>
> Please let this list know of your 850hz transmission schedules. 
Hope to have 
>our AN/GRC-142 running by then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
> USASA  31J
>
> Chief TTY operator&  repairman
> AWA Communications Museum
> http://www.antiquewireless.org/
> http://www.antiquewireless.org/museum/museum.htm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Vendely<jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
>> Sent: Dec 27, 2010 3:32 PM
>> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] CFH 10.943 Now Dead
>>
>> The Dutch navy still has a few frequencies with 75/850 RTTY in use,
>> which I heard over the weekend, but they're just channel
availability
>> broadcasts.  It's better than nothing, though.  Hopefully they
didn't
>> disappear after the holiday as well.  The Portuguese navy still had
>> similar transmissions, though I haven't checked recently.  The
German
>> weather bureau transmissions are still there on several frequencies
24/7
>> at 50 baud, and I occasionally hear Indian navy RTTY broadcasts in
the 8
>> Mc band, with shifts as high as 1 kHz.  I also occasionally hear
some
>> French Forces 50 baud 85 shift RTTY, probably special operations,
as
>> they appear only sporadically.  Virtually all the French Forces
point to
>> point links using the Siemens ARQ modems (ARQ-E, ARQ-E3, etc.) are
now
>> extinct. The only one I still hear is the link from La Reunion to
Paris,
>> both sides of which are copyable here at this moment at 11,421.7
and
>> 11,521.7 kc.  This link idles most of the time, though a small but
>> consistent amount of traffic does come through.  Of course, this is
>> really not "classic" RTTY.
>> Suffice to say that HF data transmission has changed radically in
the
>> last several years.  Maritime stations have gone mostly to
proprietary
>> versions of Pactor, and the military has moved to the esoteric high
>> speed HF waveforms.
>>
>> It's gotten to the point where we'll have to provide our own RTTY
>> traffic if we want something to receive on HF.  For what it's
worth,
>> every April at the Vietnam Veteran's Reunion in Melbourne, FL, we
set up
>> a large display of operational military radio gear, including 850
shift
>> teletype using two truck-mounted AN/GRC-122 systems.  Regular
schedules
>> are maintained, and a number of stations around the country
participate
>> in the RTTY nets.  It's dismaying to see how few ham operators even
knew
>> how to set their software-based RTTY systems for 850 shift.  Many
assume
>> that anything other than 170 shift is illegal.  If there's any
interest,
>> I'll make sure this list is notified the next time we operate...
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John K9WT
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/27/2010 2:45 PM, Ron Boltz wrote:
>>> The Canadian Forces 10.943 RTTY marker went silent over the
Christmas
>>> weekend.  This was the last CFH station transmitting.  It will be
greatly
>>> missed by me as it was always a good demonstration of RTTY to
visitors and a
>>> good way to test the equipment.  The CFH 10.536 WX was better but
that went
>>> silent several months ago.  Now there is nothing reliable I know
of here in
>>> the east.
>>>
>>> Ron Boltz
>>> K3TZJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________

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