[GreenKeys] 2018 RTTY RU to include a "REAL" Teletype award category

Duncan Brown duncanancy at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 28 12:53:45 EDT 2017


The Kleinschmidt TT-98 series printers had automatic CR/LF. And there 
was a version of the TT-4 that had it also.  Important for RTTY/RATT 
operation!!

Maybe I'll have to borrow a TT-98 from the Museum for the contest.

Have fun,

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 27-Jul-17 15:20, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>    I thought some machines had automatic LF-CR. Perhaps needed on poor 
> RTTY circuits where occasional characters might be missing.
>
> On 7/27/2017 11:56 AM, BillTerrell wrote:
>> There was an extremely simple modification to the 14, 15 and 19 that 
>> prevented that problem.  It was written up in RTTY magazine and also 
>> offered as a kit.  I have a 15 and 19 w/ the mod.  Could be easily 
>> duplicated.  I do not recall when, but in the late 60's I am pretty 
>> sure.   Have a stack of RTTY magazines, maybe the "Force" will 
>> encourage me to look....  yeah, sure
>>
>> Doc W8NTZ
>>
>>
>> On 7/27/2017 2:45 PM, Kevin H. Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>> Great news!  However, I have a question:  how does anyone using a 
>>> real machine overcome the fact that the computer geeks usually do 
>>> not insert CR+LF at the end of their transmissions?  I used a Model 
>>> 15 in the first RTTY contest I worked and it would end up pounding 
>>> holes in the paper at the end of a  line because of this.  I also 
>>> subscribe to the RTTY contesting list and a lot of those folks think 
>>> that any extraneous characters is a waste of milliseconds.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> W5TTY
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/27/2017 12:37 PM, David Tumey via GreenKeys wrote:
>>>> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2017/2017%20RTTYru%20QST.pdf 
>>>>
>>>>
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