[GreenKeys] WLO RTTY NEWS

[Lee Mushel]

How absolutely wonderful!   My big thank you to Mr. Steigler!   I can easily 
dedicate "first backup rig" to this function and will do some listening 
later today.   At the moment there are 28 KSR and ASR machines fully "switch 
on" functional but getting a 15/19/26 will have to wait for connector 
changes until after the family reunion or the XYL will have a fit because 
the house painting etc. is not done!

73

Lee   K9WRU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at olypen.com>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Rene" <rene at shipcom.com>; <nick.tusa at tusaconsulting.com>; "William 
Bytheway" <bythewayb at q.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:08 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] WLO RTTY NEWS


> 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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