[GreenKeys] Announcing "Green Keys Night"

[Jeff Stai]

Thanks for the good comments which I incorporated in the final draft. I
also borrowed a little more paraphrasing from the SKN web page.

GKN probably deserves/needs a web page someplace. If there is no one here
that has a place I can ask AA5AU to host it on rttycontesting.com. Or maybe
it can be tacked on to the http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
page?

I will push for a brief writeup in the hard copy QST (or maybe CQ) but I'm
guessing that won't happen until it catches on. I'll at least get a sidebar
in the RTTY Roundup article. I'm down for doing that unless someone else
wants to take it on.

Please feel free to forward the announcement far and wide.

Thanks! - jeff wk6i


On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Greenkeys online group is happy to announce the first-ever Green Keys
> Night (GKN), to be held concurrent with Straight Key Night on January 1st,
> 2019, from 0000 to 2359 UTC. As with SKN, GKN is an event and not a contest.
>
> "Greenkeys" is not a reference to eco-friendly operating - though members
> certainly are keen on equipment recycling - but rather is a group dedicated
> to the restoration and use of vintage mechanical teleprinters and related
> equipment. The term "greenkeys" itself refers to the color of the keys on
> Teletype machines.
>
> Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply make enjoyable,
> conversational RTTY QSOs. Operate on all authorized Amateur frequencies.
> Please follow established band plans and be mindful of SKN QSOs. RTTY
> modes only. Call "CQ GKN".
>
> The use of mechanical teleprinters is preferred, or simply get on the air
> with the oldest equipment you can scrape together. Real heavy metal
> Teletypes to be sure, but if that isn't available: analog hardware modems,
> VT100 terminals, pre-Windows computers, etc. And vacuum tubes. ;) And maybe
> fire up that boatanchor rig that never gets enough air time.
>
> Please no brag tapes/files. Please no pre-recorded messages. Have a real
> conversation by hand typing it keyboard to keyboard. If you are slow we'll
> happily wait. (A CQ macro is okay but you would have better bragging rights
> if you hand typed that too.)
>
> But even if you don't have any old equipment, do get on the air and have
> some fun QSOs the old fashioned way!
>
> Email wk6i.jeff at gmail.com to let us know you participated. There are no
> points scored, but if you'd like to share with us your favorite or most
> interesting QSO (worked or heard), your log, and what equipment you
> operated with (including photos), please do.
>
> Please note that there is a RTTY contest concurrent with GKN, the SARTG
> New Year RTTY Contest. The contest runs from 0800 to 1100 UTC. As long as
> you have your RTTY working why not join in the contest and then return to
> more GKN fun! (For info: http://www.sartg.com/contest/nyrules.htm)
>
> The Greenkeys online group is an email list devoted to the discussion of
> older radio teletype (RTTY) gear including mechanical teleprinters
> (Teletype, Kleinschmidt, etc.), terminal units, paper tape, gears, cams,
> oil, and anything else related to TTY/RTTY. To join the group, visit
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
>
> For more information, email wk6i.jeff at gmail.com. And please do forward
> this announcement to your local club or interest group.
>
> 73 jeff wk6i
>
> --
> Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
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> RTTY op at W7RN
>


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Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
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