[R-390] RTTY with R-390
Dave Merrill
[email protected]
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:35:35 -0600 (CST)
Seeing the movie file of a TT-4 on Tadashi's website
(http://www3.ctktv.ne.jp/~tadashi/TT4/DSCF0144.AVI)
brought back memories of the RTTY setup I had years ago.
It consisted of an R-392 and a CV-278 demodulator along
with a Teletype Model 15 that I got from the FBI at a GSA
sale in Chicago. It actually worked pretty well, and made
a lot of great noise to boot. There wasn't much stuff to
copy in the SW bands, most of it was either not in English
or was transmitted at a higher speed that the 15 as geared
for. Occasionally I found AP or UPI newsfeeds and some of
that was interesting.
So my interest in RTTY listening has been rekindled and I wonder
what other list members are using with their R-390s. It would
seem that doing the decoding/display with a computer makes
sense, except you miss out on the sight/sound/smell of a real
TTY machine.
Anyone using MMTTY (http://www.qsl.net/mmhamsoft/mmtty/index.html)?
It looks pretty slick and it's freeware to boot.
/dave N9ZC