[GreenKeys] Showcasing TTYs

[Radio AI2Q]

My 8 year old grandson---hooked on tablets, etc.--- loves to watch the 
innards of my Model 28 in action!

Vy 73, AI2Q, Alex
Member: ARRL, FOC, RSGB, CWops, QRP-L, Antique Wireless Association, the 
Southern Maine Area Amateur Radio Team (formerly the New England Radio 
Discussion Society), DXCC Honor Roll, 16ØM DXCC, 8ØM DXCC
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Heller" <paul0926 at comcast.net>
To: "Steve Garrison" <steve.n4tty at gmail.com>
Cc: "Greenkeys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Showcasing TTYs


> Nice. I'm glad to read this.
>
> I offered to do a talk on teletypes for our local ham club. Absolutely no 
> interest. They are interested in SDR, MOTOTRBO, Arduinos, etc. The Denver 
> area sure is a wasteland for electronics and also for anything retro. No 
> retro computer clubs, no electronics stores. It can get rather depressing 
> at times!
>
> Oh well.
>
> Paul
> W2TTY
>
>> On Jan 15, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Paul Heller <phesopheon at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Nice. I'm glad to read this.
>>
>> I offered to do a talk on teletypes for our local ham club. Absolutely no 
>> interest. They are interested in SDR, MOTOTRBO, Arduinos, etc. The Denver 
>> area sure is a wasteland for electronics and also for anything retro. No 
>> retro computer clubs, no electronics stores. It can get rather depressing 
>> at times!
>>
>> Oh well.
>>
>> Paul
>> W2TTY
>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This past weekend I took a  28KSR and a TT-76 to a local ham radio club 
>>> TechFest.  All sorts of displays around ham radio, but quite a few just 
>>> in the technical arena and not specific to ham radio.  While my display 
>>> could be considered RTTY I wasn't connected to any radio equipment.  I 
>>> demonstrated the "Marriage of Old and New Technology with the Original 
>>> Text Machines."  Using John Nagle's software I was sending and receiving 
>>> text messages with the 28KSR to the amazement of several hundred 
>>> attendees.  And with the TT-76 I was punching tape with "eyeball" 
>>> character banner tapes (again using the Nagle software as the basis - I 
>>> added the code to produce the eyeball characters).
>>>
>>> The youngsters got the biggest kick out of the machines having not been 
>>> a witness to so many moving mechanical parts in one place.  The older 
>>> crowd was mostly saying "Wow what memories these things bring back!"
>>>
>>> And a Maker's group wants one of the TT-76s for their Maker Space 
>>> display.
>>>
>>> Thanks John for some great software!
>>>
>>> Steve G./N4TTY
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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