[GreenKeys] the rtty blues (still)

[gil smith]

Hi John:

Someone mentioned the ARRL RTTY broadcasts to me before, and I could not
find the schedule, but after a bit of poking around just now, I have found:
http://www.remote.arrl.org/w1aw.html#tty
which shows scheduled broadcasts out of CT.

I am in AZ (near Phoenix), and should have mentioned that earlier.  Will
these CT braodcasts reach here (for someone with a hack wire antenna)?  Are
there any broadcasts on the west coast?

I'll try to listen in for some of these.

thanks,

gil


At 02:00 PM 6/13/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Gil:
>
>Where are you located?
>
>Have you tried the ARRL RTTY broadcasts that come on at various
>intervals on many of the ham bands?  These broadcasts are usually
>about the best bet for setting up the receive portion of a station.
>
>IS there anything I can do from here to help?
>
>73 de John
>..
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "gil smith" <gil@vauxelectronics.com>
>To: <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:44 PM
>Subject: [GreenKeys] the rtty blues (still)
>
>
>> Hi folks:
>> 
>> Well, for the last couple of weeks, I have been trying in vain to find an
>> rtty signal with MMTTY.  Anything at all with readable text.  Just to put a
>> stupid grin on my face.  I would also like to be able to find something for
>> the dovetron to listen to, eventually.
>> 
>> I have about 50-feet of antenna wire suspended in an L shape over the
>> building's flat roof, end-connected to an rg-58 center conductor.  I seem
>> to get decent reception on the TS-430.  I'm sure a better antenna would
>> help, but that's what I have for now.
>> 
>> I have been checking the ham bands daily, at different times, and can only
>> find cw, ssb voice, and some data stuff that is not rtty.  I have tried
>> freq suggestions from past greenkeys posts as well, though not daily.
>> 
>> Outside the ham rtty bands, notably around 7500 KHz, I regularly find a
>> couple of 850-Hz shift signals -- these are strong and clean and show a
>> good cross pattern on MMTTY's meter.  Sadly, these seem to be encrypted
>> text, or there is something that I am not doing properly.  I have tried
>> different baud rates, and mark/space reversal, to no avail.  
>> 
>> I have been led to believe that an 850-Hz shift will typically be using
>> 75-wpm, and that a 170-Hz shift will be using 45.45-wpm.  Are there other
>> standards?  Is there anything else to tweak in MMTTY?
>> 
>> Sigh.  Any thoughts appreciated,
>> 
>> gil
>> 
>> 
>> 
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