[GreenKeys] ITTY

Harold Hallikainen harold at w6iwi.org
Sat Jan 31 14:09:10 EST 2026


Thanks for keeping ITTY going! For even more feeds, see

https://rttyonline.com/

Harold
https://w6iwi.org


On Sat, January 31, 2026 10:52 am, Paul Heller via GreenKeys wrote:
> Some of you are new, so we would like to explain the four channels to
> you.
>
> ITTY: this broadcasts news 24/7. News is usually updated every morning by
> Tom Tillson. The news is a queue of quite a number of articles that
> repeats all day long. ITTY runs at teletype standard speed of 60 WPM at
> standard RTTY mark/space frequencies
>
> ITTY 100: this is the same as ITTY but runs at the higher speed of 100
> WPM.
>
>
> EUROPE aka GREENWICH:  this broadcasts news from European news sources
> 24/7. The articles can be a bit longer. There is a rotating queue of 6
> articles and it will refresh as new news is published throughout the day
> by the European news sources. The queue always contains at a minimum the
> six most recent news articles. Once an article is 24 hours old, it is
> removed (except if the queue would drop below six). At the moment, the
> only source is the BBC news. This channel runs at 66 WPM using mark and
> space frequencies that are defined in the European standard. If you have
> a European teletype or telex machine, this channel is for you.
>
> AUTOSTART: this channel does not broadcast continually. It broadcasts
> things one time as they come in. Things you will see on this channel: a
> morning “this day in history” from Tom Tillson; every greenkeys
> message during the day as they come in; two (usually) RTTY art pics from
> Doug Nelson at 2pm Eastern time, plus or minus an hour; anything that
> anyone happens to send to the channel using the RTTYMailer app, which is
> available at the following URL for use with all four ITTY channels.
>
> https://rtty.com/itty/RTTYMailer%20v16.zip
>
>
> This channel is designed for those with a line motor control installed.
> Your teletype will wake up (power on), print the article, and then go to
> sleep (power off) until the next article comes in.
>
> In fact, using RTTYMailer, anybody can send anything to any of the
> channels. If you send something to the news channels, it will transmit
> immediately after the current article that is being transmitted finishes
> and it will also be added to the queue for the day.  If you send
> something to AUTOSTART, it will also transmit immediately after the
> current article that is being transmitted (if any) finishes but there is
> no queue.
>
> We hope you enjoy our service. We wish to thank you for your continued
> support over the years. It is YOU, the listener that makes it all
> worthwhile.
>
> ITTY Listening:
> ITTY:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY
> AUTO:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART
> GREENWICH:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE
> ITTY 100:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8010/ITTY100
>
>
> Paul W2TTY and Tom WB2TTY
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