[GreenKeys] CRLF or not CRLF?

[Pete Lancashire]

How about this

1. The device used to send and receive must use a motor to transmit and
receive text.

2. Character conversion, addition and or removal must be done mechanically/

Where I could see having a tape reader that is started and stopped
"electromechanical"
I.e with a relay. For example having a Teletype 14TD that has a tape loop
that stops
automatically, like a who-is wheel.

Thoughts ?

-pete


On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 7:28 PM, David Tumey via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Why not require that the Terminal Unit you describe use Vacuum Tubes only,
> no solid state devices, no fancy transistors, etc.
>
> In my mind this all seemed so simple:  You are either using a Teletype to
> send/receive RTTY or you are not.  I don't see how using a KAM or MFJ (Like
> I do) or HAL ST-8000A, etc. makes any difference.
>
> --dave
> W5DT
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jeffrey Angus <jdangus at att.net>
> *To:* Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 29, 2017 3:29 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] CRLF or not CRLF?
>
> On 7/29/17 1:40 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
> > Nothing is disqualified yet because the rule has not yet been
> > officially written.
> > You guys can help with that. ;) I think focussing on the UI (printer
> > and keyboard)
> > would be the right direction.
> Just my opinion, but if you're going to have a special "machine" only
> category,
> then it should mean exactly that.
>
> Radio <-> Terminal Unit <-> Mechanical TTY machine.
> And by terminal unit, I mean a modem, no data processing.
> Sorry folks, this means no using a Kantronics KAM with a model 33 ASR.
>
> I haven't read the ARRL RTTY Roundup rules lately, so I can't say with
> certainty
> that it is limited to 60 WPM Baudot, so folks with a model 33 might be
> able to
> participate with ASCII at 110 baud.
> <http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Contest%20Rules%20PDFs/
> 2017/2017%20RTTY%20Roundup.pdf>
> I just read the rules:
> (Baudot RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31 and Packet—attended operation only)
>
> I you insist on having "macros" (as they are now referred to) I would
> also assume
> these are limited to paper tape, not something like Fldigi running in
> parallel on
> the loop.
>
> Oh, and of course, extra point for working machine to machine. ;-)
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeff-1.0
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>
>
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