[GreenKeys] Real RTTY on Amateur radio HF

[larryradio at att.net]

Howdy Russ,

I didn't take my ball and go home....I came to the realization that I just wasn't as interested in QSO's and more into the machines themselves.  

I enjoy running the machines and restoring especially.  I guess the "thrill" of transmitting is no longer there.  Been in broadcasting for over 35 years and no fascination with emitting RF.

I listen to guys talking these days and it comes down to "hows my audio", ok, "how's this mic?".  Copying most tty is "CQ contest".  

It comes down to everyone doesn't dance to the same tune and I just find my way may not be the same as others.

lar.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: wa3frp at aol.com 
  To: larryradio at worldnet.att.net ; greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:23 PM
  Subject: Real RTTY on Amateur radio HF



Hi Lar,

 

Sorry to hear about your bad experience with that 20M RTTY QSO.  I don’t understand how a single problem with one ham would make you want 

to take your ball and go home. I wasn’t there and I don’t know what happened but maybe, just maybe, he didn’t “blow you off”. It is also possible 

that that other guy had a computer lock up, a receiver or transmitter problem, maybe even a power failure. It happens. A LOT! I know that I’ve 

dropped off in the middle of a RTTY QSO for any number of reasons including a recent situation when my M28ASR motor started to smoke. 

When stuff like that happens, you ditch the QSO.

 

I encourage you to try again.  I am on the air daily with my Teletype Model 28ASR, HAL ST-6, Collins T-440 and R-390A and I’d love a QSO 

with you and anyone else on the list. I even have some nice picture tapes from the 1960s and it would be fun to transmit them over the air like the 

good old days.

 

I just installed a new inverted V for 80M and I’m looking for QSOs to test it out.  So far, since Saturday I’ve worked 12 states on 80M and had QSOs 

with Ed, P49X, in Aruba and Jurgis, LY9Y, in Lithuania.   I am also QRV on 40M, 30M, 20M 17M and 15M. 

 

By the way, a lot of the guys on “Glass” are only there because they didn’t have your skill in maintaining their teleprinter. In many cases, these guys had 

to ditch there teleprinter because it failed when it wasn’t properly maintained and there was no one there to help them fix it. I run into so many guys who 

are thrilled to work a real RTTY machine. I worked a guy over the weekend who was so happy that we spent a half hour going back and forth about 

the kind of equipment that he used to have and how he misses a real Teletype machine.

 

I hope that you – and everyone on the list will consider getting on-the-air in 2010.  

 

73

Russ WA3FRP