[GreenKeys] copying RTTY off the air

kn7sfz kn7sfz at gmail.com
Mon May 4 21:49:43 EDT 2020


Can anyone recommend a good websdr receiver so those of us on the left 
coast can listen to those RTTY sigs booming into the eastern seaboard?

Thanks in advance.

Richard de kn7sfz with S9+ HF noise floor.

On 5/4/2020 6:37 PM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> Russ, you beat me to it!  I was just about to mention DWD, also. DDK9 
> on 10.1009 comes in strong in the afternoon here in western NY state.
>
> Don't be put off by the fact that they are running 50 baud.  Your 45 
> baud machine will copy it fine! (you can turn your Range control down 
> some, but it won't make a lot of difference.)
>
> The shift is more of a problem - you won't be able to copy them with 
> 170 Hz filters. But set for 850 Hz shift, most TUs will copy OK if 
> they have a linear detector. Don't have to put up with any QRM on 
> DDK9. (My ST-6 came with a 425 Hz filter.)
>
> Have fun,
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
>
>
> On 04-May-20 21:11, Russ Miller wrote:
>>
>> One regular service transmitting RTTY meteorological information is 
>> the German Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD) 
>> <http://www.dwd.de/>. The DWD regularly transmit two programs on 
>> various frequencies on LF 
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_frequency> and HF 
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_frequency> in standard RTTY 
>> (ITA-2 alphabet). The list of callsigns, frequencies, baud rates 
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baud> and shifts are as follows:^[
>>
>> Callsign     Frequency     speed/shift
>> DDH47     147.3 kHz     50 baud/85 Hz
>> DDK2     4583 kHz     50 baud/450 Hz
>> DDH7     7646 kHz     50 baud/450 Hz
>> DDK9     10100.8 kHz     50 baud/450 Hz
>> DDH9     11039 kHz     50 baud/450 Hz
>> DDH8     14467.3 kHz     50 baud/450 Hz
>>
>>
>> The DWD signals can be easily received in Europe, North Africa and 
>> parts of North America.
>>

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