[GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)

Tue Jan 5 21:42:36 EST 2016

On day 2, I had to modify my software to keep track of the print head position and automatically issue a CR/LF when the position reached 68.  I also created a check box that lets me add a LF if needed to a naked CR.  By Sunday morning the system was working quite well.
For next year, I am changing that feature to automatically detect the CR and issue a LF if one is not present.  If the CR is followed by a LF then it just passes those characters on to the TTY.  My software works between the TNC (MFJ-1278) and the TTY so not only does it change the baud rate it also can perform tasks like the auto CR/LF.
I am happy to share my little code with the group - it is nothing special, written in VB and will work with either an 8-bit or 5-bit TTY (you need an RS-232 to USB converter that can handle 45.5 like the Edgeport).
--daveW5DT

      From: Kevin H. Phillips <kh-phillips at 9-5usa.org>
 To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 9:32 PM
 Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)

To get an idea of the mindset of the RTTY contesters you might subscribe 
to the RTTY listserv if you haven't already.  My impression is that the 
vast majority are not interested in real machines (although I agree it 
would be fun to have a category for it, etc.)  The first contest I 
worked (just a few years ago, really) I worked with an M15 and keyed my 
transmitter with a footswitch. The suggested exchange mentioned here 
would send most of the glass people into spasms of impatience.  Where 
are the macros???  It strays far, far, far beyond the exact 
milliseconds required to make a contact.  Also, few know what CR/LF 
means.  My M15 was pounding holes in the paper at the end of lines.

73

Kevin

W5TTY

On 1/5/2016 7:56 PM, Paul Heller wrote:
> I wonder… imagine if the glass teletype folks in these contests would asked one another “yeah, but how may mechanical contacts did you make?” I would think it would be special to make a mechanical contact. We should encourage it somehow.
>
> CQ CQ CQ MECHANICAL TTY DE WA6FWI is a good suggestion for that.
>
> Also during the QSO ask the other party “how often do you reach a mechanical TTY?” or "Put this one down in your log because contacts with a mechanical TTY are rare”, or something like that.
>
>
> Paul
> W2TTY
>
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 4:12 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
>>
>> Let's put the TTY back in RTTY!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of tony.podrasky
>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 11:47 AM
>> To: GREENKEYS BULLETIN BOARD
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)
>>
>> Well, - RTTY stands for Radio TELETYPE.
>>
>> I believe (YMMV) that only machines should be able to collect points during a RTTY contest.
>>
>> Now if there is a DIGITAL contest, then everyone can participate and anyone could win.
>>
>> Then again, some P-C'ers would have a problem with that concept...
>>
>> UE,
>> K2EAA - TONY
>> NNNN
>> ZCZC
>>
>>
>> On 01/04/2016 07:44 AM, Jim Plummer via GreenKeys wrote:
>>> It's good to see that someone has tried running working this contest
>>> with true TTY gear. Some years ago, I had brought up the idea of a
>>> "machine" class for the Round Up at the RTTY forum in Dayton.  If
>>> looks could kill....
>>>
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