[GreenKeys] Re-Send Of Previous Message

Fri Mar 9 06:10:49 EST 2012

Wow George, what have you been doing in your spare time? :-)

Steve G./N4TTY

On Mar 8, 2012, at 10:15 PM, GEORGE HUTCHISON Owner <w7tty at centurylink.net> wrote:

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> Some words about the move - - -
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> Economic conditions at W7TTY demanded we do some cost reductions wherever possible.
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> To this end we decided to bundle the telephone and internet with Centurylink, and get Direct TV as opposed to Dish, which had magically upped our bill from 58 bucks to 110/month with a bunch of features which we had not requested.
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> The TV weill be installed this morning.
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> I had anticipated the internet change for yesterday, but they started it Friday. Our former IP, OLYPEN, was really pissed about this and decided no more tech support, even though we are paid up through the 23rd of this month. This made the nice MikRoTik firewall/router useless because it is a very complicated thing to set up. The on-line manual is 500 pages, and is not reading suitable for a person lacking IT certification and about ten years experience.
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> This meant changing over to a fairly recent version of an ActionTek PK5000 Modem/firewall/router. ($6.99 at the Bremerton, WA  Goodwill)
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> It was quite amusing listening to CenturyLink Techs arguing with ActionTec techs about the units capabilities and set-up procedures,  and depressing because I was developing a case of Cauliflower ear from having to wait on the phone while they had their spats.
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> Ended up slowly plodding through the mapping of this set-up and learning the modem's capabilities through trial and error.
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> Needless to say it is all back together and seems to run reasonably well.
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> Some changes we will be doing is eliminating port 25 on the outgoing mail SMTP set-up. Centurylink no longer supports port 25 (International Spam Reduction Strategy,) and the new alternate port is 587, which can be easily changed in the RTTY Mailer by just highlighting port 25 and entering 587 in the port window in the mailer.
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> For those whose lives revolve around MAC Donald's type computers, we will soon be adding a name to go along with the IP address, and notice of same will be announced as soon as we get it set up and the DNS system is updated with the info.
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> The NATIONAL channel has been running 100 wpm for about a week now, and I've been waiting to see if anyone has noticed.
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> The NATIONAL channels listening info is now 209.180.212.65:8040. Tones are 2125 and 2295, same as ITTY and Autostart.
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> The NATIONAL channel has been running VOA material exclusively, as I have not asked our crew to consider putting their product on it.
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> Soon we will have NITA, KE7DRT, adding her take on what the world would be interested in readiung about. Nita has a somewhat different sense of humor, and is also an extreme patriot and a very serious Christian. Your input as to the speed of the NATIONAL channel as well as its content would be much appreciated.
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> I would be remiss if I did not once again acknowledge the efforts of Bill Bytheway, Tom Tillson, Wayne LeTourneau, and Don House for their efforts at providing quality stuff for the ITTY system. I have doubled each person's salary such that it now matches the stipend we at ITTY corporate receive for the massive number of hours we spend wandering through Computer Junque Stores in quest of gizmoes and doo-dads whose incorporation into the ITTY system will make it louder, better, fluffier and give it better curb appeal.
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> I just completed my new subscription to GreenKeys so this message will have a better chance of making it through the strainers, filters, and cheesecloth sifters of the MAILMAN arrangement.
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> Question: Would there be any interest in a Teletype Want Ads feature in ITTY?  We could set up a form accessible on RTTY.COM so that it would be easy to express your crushing need for a model 12, or perhaps you have 500 assorted model 15 type bars with Japanese Type Pallets you no longer have need of. Please let us know.
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> New e-mail here is: W7TTY at centurylink.net.
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> This comng Saturday is the annual Puyallup Swap Meet sponsored by Seattle's Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club. Here's your chance to meet greats like Larry, W7JYJ, scurrying around trying to scarf all of the teletype stuff before I can find it, and all the while he's videotaping the entire meet in
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> HD 3-D video, with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Linsey Lohan, and Charlie Sheen interviewing assorted guests.
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> This year's special feature is slated to be a new Teletype Reality Show, featuring Don House, Jack Hart, Larry Tighe and Tom Tillson as they are on safari through the jungles of Saipan, Tinian, Mindinao and San Francisco searching for "The Teletype of The Covenant", the actual machine the Ten Commandments were printed on while David was awaiting a new supply of .50 caliber pebbles during the historic "I Gonna Git You, Goliath"  segment.
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> Stay Tuned, Film at Eleven.
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> Went to the appointment at the to the Arm Quack to get an update on the progress of my left arm surgery as seen on Dr. Oz a week ago yesterday. It is itching like hell, and my left ring finger is stronger, so I guess something is going on, maybe "Athlete's Arm" or some such ailment.
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> Some updates for this message.
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> Centurylink keeps sending me abuse messages regarding a BOT virus known as 'sality' which periodically sends some nonsense attributable to an unregistered URL.  We are going through all of the computers as time permits running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and then installing AVG2012 full version, to try and beat this demon out of ther system.
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> Any advice would be welcomed.
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> More later. Autostart was turned down to see if the sality virus was in it, but got another message this evening, so it is still lurking somewhere. Currentlyrunning the Ant-Malware and installing AVG on the ITTY and the National Server.
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> Autostart coming back up shortly. 
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> Have a good weekend.
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> George - W7TTY
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