[GreenKeys] ARRL RTTY contest

[Lee Mushel]

First, Larry, I am a bit ahead of you in learning of this strange belief on 
the part of current amateurs!   After a prolonged absence from the hobby I 
took it up again in returement and the first thing I did was purchase 
something called an "RTTY book."   Not a sign of a teletype machine!  But to 
add insult to injury I found that there are also "some" who think that a 30 
series machine or even a 43 is "legitimate."   I hope you realize they do 
not call the interest "RTTY" but, rather, "RITTEY."   And you should know 
that to a purist like myself there is only "60 speed."   And my fox box is 
entirely mechanical and I do have a proper tuning fork and I have built a 
terminal unit in a polar relay.  The old RTTYers are now using PSK-31.

But it may console you slightly to know about a bit of the future I learned 
last week.   There are now formal plans to integrate amateur radio into the 
National Incident Management System!   And they do not include the ARRL 
message form and specifically excludes ARES and your ham radio cap and your 
call letter badge!   The winds of change are truly blowing hard!

73

Lee   K9WRU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: [GreenKeys] ARRL RTTY contest


>I was just thumbing thru the July 2012 issue of QST.  By happenstance, I 
>hit
> page 78, the story was titled  "2012 ARRL RTTY Roundup Results".
>
> There's a pix of 3 guys sitting in front of computers....no "teletype"
> machine in view.  I kinda wonder why it's called RTTY anymore.  Aren't 
> they
> just computers with pre-programmed phrases in them?
>
> I didn't read the article...the picture turned me off.
>
> lar
> K2JIA
>
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