[GreenKeys] Teletype Traffic

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Hi Leanne and Joe:
 
Thank you for the notes on the 4.004 apparent teletype freq thoughts.
Normally I would not have even mentioned this to group, but the
signals were so strong, clear and appeared regularly each night,
which made it of interest. The TTY is on at night, all night but goes
away during the day time. It it continuous transmission with no
breaks (no stopping or specific EOM signals such as NNNN, pause,
then next message). Not SITOR or ASCII or any other protocol.
 
Odd that anyone would still be using good old teletype this late into  the
computer age, which is why I asked the question. I thought all of the
old 60 wpm TTY traffic was long gone from both military and  commercial
HF use with the possible exception of one of those last holdout  German
DDH or DDK METEO stations.
 
Someone suggested that it was encrypted military teletype, but that
is doubtful, since the military has swallowed computers entirely for
everything (they don't use the old Baudot codes anymore and it is  likely
that most teletype encryption (crypto) is long gone too.
 
I just set up my HF station here in Greenville, SC a few days ago.
The equipment is ancient, been packed a long time, but surprisingly,
still works after nearly 12 years of storage.
 
Anyone know of a good software install program for copying RTTY
and CW that doesn't require either a lot of money or equipment?
The idea is to possibly copy off of HF to a Win 7 laptop or an XP
PC.....(new at this, so all help appreciated).
 
Cheers,
 

Dave
DE RUMLNHA
 
 
NNNN
 
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