[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: WLO

[NICKTUSA at aol.com]

A good part of the fun (aside from a machine's restoration) is  tweaking in 
antenna systems and TUs to counter the effects of low sig  strength and 
selective fading.  Watching the mark and space channels via a  scope during a 
period of selective fading gives a full appreciation of the  design work that 
went into those "vintage" TTL-2; ST-6; Dovetron etc designs  when RTTY was 
very commonplace on HF.
 
While ITTY is excellent...it is also error free and an inexpensive  
interface is all that's needed.  Rene's WLO broadcast gets us back into the  "real 
radio" mode and maybe will spawn more on-air HF action in the ham bands  
with actual machines rather than PCs and keyboards.  We picked 8MHz as  
potentially being the best probable nightime band for a good portion of the  county 
but other channels are available at 4, 6 and 12 MHz as well.  The  various 
signal reports Greenkeyers have sent in are very useful..some as distant  as 
Germany and Italy.
 
The latest issue of Monitoring Times pretty much sums up the status of  
on-air HF RTTY and the lack of anything meaningful to actually copy.    
Besides, who wants to get a steady diet of the Weather Channel on HF??   Maybe if 
this gains some traction, more inventive folks might develop some  innovative 
hardware or DSP projects to further enhance the listening  pleasure.
 
 
73  Nick  K5EF
 
 
In a message dated 8/21/2011 4:37:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
wa2hwj at att.net writes:

If  you're going to "copy" RTTY off the WEB, then why not just
copy  ITTY?





-----Original Message-----
From:  greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net]  On Behalf Of Richard
Schumann
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 1:11  PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [GreenKeys]  WLO

Hi group,

For those of us with difficulty getting good HF  reception at that
freq, is anyone familiar with any 'WEB SDR' radio sites  that cover
freqs outside of the ham bands we might be able to use to listen  to
WLO?

The RFI pollution and lack of a decent antenna precludes  good
reception at this site in Portland, OR.   :-(

Thanks  for any help!

Richard kn7sfz




----- Original  Message ----- 
From: Til128 at aol.com 
To:  greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:45  AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] WLO



All three  xmitters are down at the moment. (ITTY, Autostart & WLO.)
1:42  
PM EDST. Sun..Looks like  one 

of George's North  West power failures.

(I hope.)
I just tried  calling his cell phone, but got no answer, and left  a
message.


Tom Tillson

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