[GreenKeys] Rtty art...

[Doug Nelson]

James Tanton wrote:

   What ever happened to RTTY Art?  That  was one of the main
 reason a lot of Amateur Operators went to RTTY instead of
 SSB, Code, and A.M. Voice QSO's.
   It was fun to copy picture art on the Teletype.  Instead now
 there seams to be only brief QSO's just for contest.
   What is your opinion?
                                            James Tanton
  

Hi James and the others who have recently expressed an interest in RTTY art.

I recently tried to revive some interest in RTTY art by making available 
my Auto-Pix RTTY picture system, but there seemed little interest. I 
have about 1500 pix available. Auto-Pix was written by Walt, K8LC. 
Perhaps some of you accessed his Auto-Pix system in the past.

Briefly, here's how it works:

A user calls up the system and it logs you on. You can then obtain a 
list of the system commands, directory of the current disk, get a list 
of the sub-directories available, change to a different disk, (each 
"disk" contains about 25 pix),  get fills for a pix, get size of pix 
file and approximate run time, etc.

Russ, WA3FRP has tried it a couple of times and enjoyed using it.

I can have it on by request from anyone. 20 meters is probably the best 
bet. I will not have it on during RTTY contest periods.  Some Thursdays 
and Fridays, I'm not around.

So I hope some of you will get back to me and give it a try. I think you 
will have fun.

Thanks,

Doug  K6HGF
dougn1 at dslextreme.com