[GreenKeys] About a "Straight Key Night" for RTTY

[Jeff Stai]

Ah - Straight Key Night happens every Jan 1st and is not a contest.
Everyone is simply encouraged to use a regular old straight key - no
keyers, computers, bugs, etc. and have CW conversations. No points, just
fun on the radio. Here's more info:

http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night

73 jeff wk6i


On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:50 AM Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Straight key night is a new term for me. What is that?
>
> I can guess. I am not a contester. I don’t like the 2 second interaction
> and on to the next. So yes, I like your idea (assuming my guess is
> correct).
>
> Now if I can only get a working dipole up.
>
> Paul
> W2TTY
>
> ITTY: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY
> <http://internet-tty.net:8000/ITTY>
> AUTOSTART: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART
> <http://internet-tty.net:8030/AUTOSTART>
> EUROPE: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE
> <http://internet-tty.net:8040/EUROPE>
>
> On Oct 24, 2018, at 8:36 PM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have long wanted to promote such a thing. But I think that limiting it
> to just heavy metal RTTY would make for limited participation. Let me try
> this instead:
>
> - Get on the air with the oldest equipment you can scrape together. Real
> heavy metal Teletypes to be sure, but if that isn't available: hardware
> modems, VT100 terminals, pre-Windows computers, etc. And vacuum tubes. ;)
> But whatever you do, join in!
>
> - NO BRAG TAPES. Please no pre-recorded messages. Have a real conversation
> by hand typing it. If you are slow we'll happily wait. A CQ macro is okay
> but you would have better bragging rights if you hand typed that too.
>
> I personally own no heavy metal but this could get me to get my old CP/M
> machine up and running again.
>
> Comments? 73 jeff wk6i
>
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