[GreenKeys] WLO RTTY NEWS

[Kevin H. Phillips]

George,
Congratulations!  Just read the e-mail and turned on my Yaesu FT-1000. 
Copy is near 100% in Brazos County, Texas (Grid Square EM10uu if it makes
a difference) at 9:55 p.m. local time (0255 UTC).

I will send a report to the "official" e-mail.

73
Kevin
W5TTY


> GreenKeyers - - -
>
> Through the gracious accomodation of Rene Steigler, K4EDX, owner of
> WLO in Mobile AL, KLB north of Seattle, and KNN in Marina Del Rey,
> California, and his tecnical staff in Mobile,
>
> ---> WLO RTTY News is now on the air!! <---
>
> We will run callbands for the next day or so, and then put on news
> traffic.
>
> Frequency is 8473.000 KHz.
>
> Power is 1000 watts. On-Air time is 24/7.
>
> Signal reports are of great interest to us.
>
> Those of you who can hear and/or copy WLO RTTY NEWS are urged to
> listen to WLO at various times of the day and night, and send us an
> e-mail noting your location (City and State) the time of day when
> you hear us, and the signal strength.
>
> Please bear in mind that this is a commercial class of transmission,
> and the mark carrier frequency is lower than the space. This is
> opposite of amateur RTTY transmission, so you will either have to
> adjust your receiving apparatus to use reverse tones, or tune to the
> UPPER sideband.
>
> Please send your signalreports to us at :
>
> WLONEWS at olypen.com.
>
> Speaking for myself, this is a dream that after perhaps 14 years is
> finally coming true.
>
> I believe it to be a bit of history, because other than the
> WA9XHN/WC2XPF experimental RTTY  transmissions between 1999 and
> 2001, to my knowledge there has NEVER been any RTTY News
> transmissions aimed at a general audience/listenership.
>
> Because we are utilizing a maritime frequency, a portion of our
> transmission day will be using SITOR-B mode, which is the same as
> AMTOR-FEC.
>
>  A fellow in the marine electronics industry was quite pleased to
> hear of WLO RTTY NEWS and the inclusion of the SITOR-B mode, because
> all ships are required to have SITOR-B facilities aboard and are
> required to test them periodically.
>
> He noted that the Coast Guard, who requires the tests,  is often
> somewhat indifferent about assisting with SITOR-B tests, other than
> the NAVTEX transmissions, and that the presence of WLO RTTY NEWS
> will make his life easier.
>
> He also stated that he was going to pass the word to all of his
> maritime customers that there is a new service available for their
> crews and/or passengers.
>
> Who knows - this might turn out to be somewhat big.
>
> Enjoy GreenKeyers - we're looking forward to your signal reports.
>
> Thanks,
>
> George - W7TTY- ITTY News - WLO NEWS Editor-In-Chief
>
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