[GreenKeys] Is there any support for an amateur RTTY net or "watering ...

[Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys]

I like the idea of  it....  just need to get operational HF stuff  set up 
to do it!
Had my General for a while and really have  done  nothing with  it  yet.
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 
 
In a message dated 4/30/2015 8:18:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
wa2hwj at att.net writes:

Jim,
I'm set up for "real RTTY".  
Jack  K0TTY



-----Original Message-----
From: GreenKeys  [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Haynes
Sent:  Thursday, April 30, 2015 9:38 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject:  [GreenKeys] Is there any support for an amateur RTTY net or
"watering  hole"?


Some of us have mechanical teleprinters and ancillary  equipment such as FSK
demodulators.

RTTY in amateur radio these days  is pretty much limited to contests and DX
chasing; rag chewing has gone to  other modes.  There is a little
receive-only activity: ARRL bulletin  transmissions and some transmissions
from weather stations and KPH on  weekends, sometimes.

I got to wondering if it would be useful to have a  net so we can get
together and operate our gear, or some time/frequency  "watering holes"
where we could look for and try to initiate RTTY  contacts.

Those who are interested please speak up and maybe we can get  something
started.  I would not like to exclude those who like me  don't currently 
have
any of the old gear on the air.  With proper  configuration computers can
talk to the old machines and contribute to the  activity.

One existing net I am aware of is the military radio  collectors' 
CLATTERNET which is currently operating on Sunday evenings at  0100Z (and is
rather marginal at present because of conditions on 40M at  that time of
night)  This net uses 850 Hz shift, upside-down from the  usual amateur
practice, to accomodate real military radio gear.
The  frequency presently is 7089 KHz, as the center between mark and  space,
because some of the old military gear is limited to 1 KHz  frequency
increments and to USB only.  This is primarily a West Coast  net, but I have
been checking in with some success from Arkansas.
It was  more successful for me during the winter months, although then some
of the  California stations had trouble copying one another.

Jim  W6JVE

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