[Ham-Mac] Slightly off topic, history of 850 Hz shift?

Chris Smolinski csmolinski at blackcatsystems.com
Thu Sep 28 09:45:19 EDT 2006


Someone asked me why much of the military RTTY on HF commonly uses 
850 Hz shift. I am curious if anyone knows the history behind the 
selection of this shift rate, or if it was just arbitrary.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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