[GreenKeys] On-the-air RTTY preparation

[Nick England]

Remember - I am an absolute newbie at RTTY operation

Since participating in recent 850 shift RATT tests and QSOs, I have finally
recalled some advice from experienced op Russ WA3FRP -

I have been using a 28ASR that is next to my transmitter, receiver, TU,
etc. All the other TTY gear is in another room and I am not quite ready to
go on the air without being in sight of the transmitter, SWR meter, etc.
There are 72 tubes in the transmitter and Murphy's Law is in full effect.

I have mainly been using this 28ASR to copy ITTY AUTOSTART so I had it set
up for overline printing for RTTY art.
The results were not so hot for on-the-air RTTY!
Not to mention I keep hitting CR-CR-LTRS instead of CR-CR-LF so I can't
even read what I sent!

So I have just swapped out the ASR's typing unit to one that has:
1) automatic CR/LF at end-of-line
2) automatic LF after CR
3) unshift on space

Is there anything else I should be thinking about for better on-the-air
operation? My typing skills are horrible but I can't think of a good
hardware fix for that...

Cheers,
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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