[GreenKeys] percentage of machines running vs use of electronics to view RTTY?

[Rokumon Cat]

Speaking strictly for myself, I only use electromechanical TTY devices. I "listen" to an internet TTY source called Heavy Metal that sends out AP headline newslets. Use an old computer to "copy" the transmissions, and a Black Box RS-232 to Current Loop unit to drive the TTYs. I am getting ready to start (hopefully sooner than later) copying ITTY (which is an internet transmission of user generated news that the receiving computer generates an AFSK signal to drive a TU with. Since I do not really like sandstate electronics, I am busy re-capping a TT/L-2 TU that has more tubes in it than carter had pills. 
 
There is really very little true RADIO RTTY on anymore, and by that I mean RTTY that has the carriage return signal at the end of every line so that the machines will advance lines. Without that signal, the TTY will type to the end of the line and then simply hammer away at the same last position on that line, giving you a nice hole in the paper. 
 
There are several true RTTY signals out there, but I have not copied any so far. Search the forum here and there is at least one weather transmission and then there is a very dedicated soul who is running true RTTY on the amateur bands (I cannot remember either source at the moment).
 
Hope this helps!
 
Joe

--- On Thu, 1/26/12, COURYHOUSE at aol.com <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:


From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com <COURYHOUSE at aol.com>
Subject: [GreenKeys] percentage of machines running vs use of electronics to view RTTY?
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 8:30 AM




Just curious,,,
 
 
What is  the percentage of machines running vs use of electronics to  view RTTY?
 
also... where  can we  get cheap  yellow roll  paper for  the history display here?
 
Many Thanks  Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
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