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

[Nick England]

Good idea - It might give me the needed impetus to go ahead and get my
M28's hooked up to transmit somewhere other than just across the room.
n.b. I understand Russ WA3FRP is always eager to QSO with a mechanical RTTY
Cheers,
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> 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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