[GreenKeys] Is there any support for an amateur RTTY net or "watering hole"?

[Jim Haynes]

Some of us have mechanical teleprinters and ancillary equipment such as
FSK demodulators.

RTTY in amateur radio these days is pretty much limited to contests and
DX chasing; rag chewing has gone to other modes.  There is a little
receive-only activity: ARRL bulletin transmissions and some transmissions
from weather stations and KPH on weekends, sometimes.

I got to wondering if it would be useful to have a net so we can get
together and operate our gear, or some time/frequency "watering holes"
where we could look for and try to initiate RTTY contacts.

Those who are interested please speak up and maybe we can get something
started.  I would not like to exclude those who like me don't currently
have any of the old gear on the air.  With proper configuration computers
can talk to the old machines and contribute to the activity.

One existing net I am aware of is the military radio collectors' 
CLATTERNET which is currently operating on Sunday evenings at 0100Z
(and is rather marginal at present because of conditions on 40M at
that time of night)  This net uses 850 Hz shift, upside-down from the
usual amateur practice, to accomodate real military radio gear.
The frequency presently is 7089 KHz, as the center between mark and
space, because some of the old military gear is limited to 1 KHz
frequency increments and to USB only.  This is primarily a West Coast
net, but I have been checking in with some success from Arkansas.
It was more successful for me during the winter months, although then some
of the California stations had trouble copying one another.

Jim W6JVE