[GreenKeys] an idea

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, epvgk at limpoc.com wrote:

> The ironic thing is if you want to talk to someone via RTTY on HF radio,
> you almost need to arrange it ahead of time on the internet. The few times
> I've tried to find anyone to talk to with the teletype, all the traffic

Yep, most of the casual rag chewing has deserted RTTY for PSK31, leaving
RTTY to the DX chasers and contesters.  I believe the reason is that
PSK31 has a slower turnaround time.  In DX and contests the quick 
turnaround of RTTY is beneficial, and you don't care if you get perfect
copy; if it looks like what you want it to look like, you call it good.

Short of arranging a contact ahead of time, we could decide on a specific
frequency as a "watering hole" as is done for some of the other odd
digital modes.  And we could schedule a time of day for a round table.

Back in the glory days of RTTY there was usually a round table every
night of the week.  Then W0BP held court on Sunday afternoons, calling
for check-ins from all the call areas from one to zero.