[GreenKeys] Santa Tracking Broadcast

Mon Dec 23 20:22:24 EST 2019

Yes, I wondered if there would be some people who would have that problem. I have USOS deliberately disabled due to some issues I need to correct. Future plans are to use USOS as a standard. Apologies if that causes some annoyance-- it would me.

Actuallly, if I can correct the internal issue tonight, I could enable unshift on space in time for the real broadcast without interrupting anything. No promises, but we could have a Christmas miracle yet!

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Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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On Mon, Dec 23, 2019, at 6:13 PM, Doug Alderdice wrote:
> Coming through fine in Buffalo.
> 
> Just one observation, and probably can't be changed now that it is 
> underway, but machines like mine that have unshift on space (USOS) are 
> not copying numbers that follow spaces correctly, like at the beginning 
> of the messages with the date and time. This last one printed as
> 
> 2019-12-13 QICPP MST
> 
> also the open quotes for the Christmas song titles, again like the last 
> one just now,
> 
> -- ZGOD BLESS US EVERYONE"
> 
> and the years for the titles are coming out as letters because they 
> follow a space.
> 
> Not a big deal, just pointing it out.
> 
> Neat idea, I am looking forward to the Santa reports tomorrow.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Doug, KA2WFT
> 
> 
> On 12/23/2019 4:56 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> > Just a reminder that the broadcast of the test messages and Christmas 
> > song lyrics will be starting in a few minutes with the tracking starting 
> > at 3:00 AM MST tomorrow (Christmas Eve).
> > 
> > Some of you probably noticed you were getting a 404 error when trying to 
> > load the link I posted before-- that was intentional. Now, however, you 
> > will be able to access the stream and will be able to tune in between 
> > now and anytime before it ends early Christmas morning (MST).
> > 
> > Happy Christmas!
> > 
> > -
> > Jordan Spencer Cunningham
> > teletype.net <https://teletype.net> | GreenKeys Search Engine: 
> > teletype.net/gksearch <https://teletype.net/gksearch>
> > SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> >> Spin up those motors for the 2019 Christmas Eve teletype broadcast 
> >> where we track Santa on his journey around the world. This will be fun 
> >> for kids from one to 92.
> >>
> >> I wanted to send this out days ago but just haven't made it happen. 
> >> Hopefully those who are interested see this message in time.
> >>
> >> Here are the technical details:
> >>
> >> * Audio will be streaming from
> >> http://tty.nerdology.org:8000/livetty -- pipe this from a computer
> >> to your TU like you would with ITTY. Or if you're not set up for
> >> heavy metal, you can copy on a glass terminal program such as
> >> fldigi, Cocoa Modem, MMTTY, or a number of other software
> >> demodulators.
> >> * RTTY tones will be standard mark/space frequencies (2125 mark/2295
> >> space)
> >> * No video stream this time
> >>
> >>
> >> Here is the series of events:
> >>
> >> * *Starting at 3:00 PM MST on Monday, December 23 (tomorrow)*, a
> >> test message will be sent on the hour every hour for the next 12
> >> hours. Each test message will have the lyrics for a different
> >> Christmas song, too.
> >> * *At 3:00 AM MST on Christmas Eve*, *December 24*, tracking will
> >> begin in earnest as it is expected that the first sighting of
> >> Santa will occur shortly thereafter. The introductory broadcast
> >> will happen at 3:00 AM MST.
> >> * *As Santa is sighted around the world for the following ~24
> >> hours*, broadcasts will be sent out (on average every 10 - 20
> >> minutes for the most part).
> >> * *Santa usually finishes his work around 4:00 AM MST Christmas
> >> morning*, so it is expected that the broadcast will conclude
> >> shortly after that.
> >>
> >>
> >> If you've got a machine somewhere where it's not going to keep your 
> >> XYL awake all night, go ahead and capture the entire broadcast even 
> >> during your nighttime hours as it's expected that there will be many 
> >> fun and exciting stories shared by those who catch a glimpse of the 
> >> Big Man while you're sleeping. If not, tune in whenever you can-- 
> >> you'll be able to jump right in without missing a beat.
> >>
> >> Enjoy, and merry Christmas!
> >>
> >> -
> >> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
> >> teletype.net <https://teletype.net> | GreenKeys Search Engine: 
> >> teletype.net/gksearch <https://teletype.net/gksearch>
> >> SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
> >>
> 
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