That sounds great Skip. It's been literally decades since I worked on these things and I"m afraid that my 72 year old brain isn't quite as sharp as it used to be. I find that I can't remember how things go together like I used to.
That's one of the many reasons why I really enjoy being a member of this group. When I read the mail each day (something I look forward to) I often draw a blank on what the folks are talking about but sometimes the old "lightbulb" goes off and I have an "ah ha" moment!
I also know that if I reach out, even with a dumb question that I
should know, that there's always someone who will help with the
answer.
So, yeah, let me know if you want to try a contact sometime....it would be fun.
Thanks for writing back Skip.
73 Jim W1JTHello Jim, well I am like you and miss the "old days" .. Thats probably why I am spending a bunch of time getting my old 28 going and eventually want to get on HF to try andmake a few contacts.. Still working on rebuilding the old demodulator and UART circuit then try to get it all hooked up to the old Kenwood HF radio..I was going to try AFSK as it seems thats the common way now but I still dont know how I am going to build that part.. Like I said before I might just tear into the old Kenwood 520 anddo it the old fashioned way again, FSK.. I dont know if we could work you all the way over to the Boston area but maybe on 20 meters when the band is good etc.. I havent been on HF muchas I have been concentrating on EME for the last 10 years or so.. So the RTTY thing will get me back on there hopefully.. When I get it all going I will give out a holler here and see who I can scare upfor a possible contact... Stay tuned.. Skip
On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 7:16 PM Jim <[email protected]> wrote:
I too miss my RTTY days. For me it was the 70's and 80's. I've had a
number of machines...28's, 19's, 32's...and one 33. I still have 3
machines....
Sometimes I sit up around 14.085 +/- and call CQ.....but I generally
give up after a while. I guess everyone or at least a lot of people
have gone to the more exotic modes. Full disclosure: I must admit
that I do enjoy a QSO on Olivia from time to time.....but I miss RTTY.
Wondering....anyone on here want to do a sked? At the moment I'm good
on 20, 17 (does anyone EVER do RTTY on 17?), 15.....my SWR is high on 10
and I've not really been on 12 except for a couple of CW contacts.
Well, if you're thinking it might be fun and you want to give it a
try....let me know. I'm pretty much retired, got a small business that
takes about 2 hours / day to run so I am pretty flexible on time.
I'm just South of Boston MA.....so if you're interested. Let me know.
73 all
Jim W1JT
On 5/1/23 22:10, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 1, 2023 7:05 pm, Skip Macaulay wrote:
>> Hello Russ and thanks for the welcome.. Its been a long time since I was
>> doing anything with RTTY, the introduction of the VIC20 back then kind of
>> finished it off for me.. No body back then wanted to send
>> a line feed and carriage return ha ha... I wish I had never given my 19
>> away back then but I hung onto my 28 for all these years.. It was
>> actually
>> watching Daniel Jones, K6YIC, on Youtube that sparked my
>> interest in the old machines again.. Everytime I walked by the old 28 it
>> was beckoning me ha ha.. I talked with Daniel and I got brave and hooked
>> it
>> all up... I was also very surprised when he told me about the ITTY
>> signals on the internet, that blew me away.. Anyways the old gear fired
>> right up and I was printing news on a very dried up ink ribbon.. So I am
>> reworking a lot of scary circuitry I built 30 years ago and hope to get on
>> HF again.
>> RTTY was the most fun I have ever had in my ham hobby years.. I have
>> echoed
>> signals off the moon on all kinds of bands but the hammering of the RTTY
>> machines I still find more fascinating!! Skip
>>
> It would be great to see you back on HF RTTY. There are some autostart
> frequencies at https://w6iwi.org/rtty/ that several of us use. I am on the
> 20 meter frequency pretty much all day every day.
>
> Harold
> https://w6iwi.org
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