[GreenKeys] Another AFSK News Stream - Ras Pi

Sat Aug 9 12:17:21 EDT 2025

I have updated RTTYonline.com with the link to the CSM Feed and added Frankie Caswell KD2PEP link to software that generates Art and Text from files. 

http://rttyonline.com

Daniel Jones (K6YIC)
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> On Jul 30, 2025, at 19:29, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> And here's a shell script:
> 
> 
> ----------------------
> #/bin/bash
> 
> # Loop playing of NPR AFSK audio
> 
> while true
> do
>  mpv https://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/npr/audio/60wpm/latest.php
> done
> 
> --------------------------
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Harold
> 
> 
> On Wed, July 30, 2025 5:52 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> I just tried the below on cygwin:
>> 
>> 
>> mpv https://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/npr/audio/60wpm/latest.php
>> 
>> and it worked... You could have a shell script that calls this over and
>> over, and it SHOULD give you continuous audio always feeding the latest.
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> 
>> Harold
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, July 30, 2025 5:24 pm, Duncan Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Harold,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Your urls work on a laptop (downloads the wav file to be played) but
>>> the Ras Pi doesnt seem to know what to do with the php urls.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Museum's computer manager is looking into it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anyone else been able to use a RasPi to dowload & play Harolds files?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Duncan
>>> K2OEQ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/28/2025 6:13 PM, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks! The URLs are:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> https://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/csm/audio/60wpm/latest.php
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> and
>>>> 
>>>> https://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/npr/audio/60wpm/latest.php
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> A new AFSK file for each of these is created every 2 hours.
>>>> latest.php does a redirect to the most recent one. The most recent 10
>>>> files are kept so you can continue to play one without it being
>>>> overwritten by a new one.
>>>> 
>>>> I just tried this:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> curl
>>>> --Locationhttps://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/npr/audio/60wpm/latest.php
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> test.wav
>>>> and it worked. The --Location tells curl to follow the redirection.
>>>> The
>>>> fetched file is sent to standard output. Here I sent it to test.wav.
>>>> You
>>>> would pipe it to an audio player.
>>>> 
>>>> Note that the audio is 8 bit WAV at 8 kbps. It is NOT MP3, so don't
>>>> send it through lame or other MP3 decoders.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know if I can provide any further information!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Harold
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, July 28, 2025 2:23 pm, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Harold,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> What are the URLs for the individual NPR & CSM audio streams?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The AWA Museum presently uses a RasPi to bring out the ITTY streams
>>>>> and send the AFSK signal to a TU for printing.Â  I would like to
>>>>> add your 60wpm NPR & CSM streams, but don't see the individual URLs
>>>>> for them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -...-
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looked at all the details in your email and it looks like the audio
>>>>> stream is generated with the newest information whenever a request
>>>>> to play the file is made?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any easy way this could be made such that the latest file could be
>>>>> stuffed into a fixed location so that it could be retrieved from a
>>>>> fixed url by a simple device such as a RasPi with no display?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
>>>>> USASAÂ  Â  31J30
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>>> (also chief TTY op & repairman)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 7/28/2025 12:51 AM, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Today I added the Christian Science Monitor to the available news
>>>>>> streams. It is athttps://w6iwi.org/rtty/audio/csm/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Harold
>>>>>> https://w6iwi.org
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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