[GreenKeys] Santa Tracking Broadcast

[Doug Alderdice]

Coming through fine in Buffalo.

Just one observation, and probably can't be changed now that it is 
underway, but machines like mine that have unshift on space (USOS) are 
not copying numbers that follow spaces correctly, like at the beginning 
of the messages with the date and time.  This last one printed as

2019-12-13 QICPP MST

also the open quotes for the Christmas song titles, again like the last 
one just now,

-- ZGOD BLESS US EVERYONE"

and the years for the titles are coming out as letters because they 
follow a space.

Not a big deal, just pointing it out.

Neat idea, I am looking forward to the Santa reports tomorrow.

73,

Doug, KA2WFT


On 12/23/2019 4:56 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> Just a reminder that the broadcast of the test messages and Christmas 
> song lyrics will be starting in a few minutes with the tracking starting 
> at 3:00 AM MST tomorrow (Christmas Eve).
> 
> Some of you probably noticed you were getting a 404 error when trying to 
> load the link I posted before-- that was intentional. Now, however, you 
> will be able to access the stream and will be able to tune in between 
> now and anytime before it ends early Christmas morning (MST).
> 
> Happy Christmas!
> 
> -
> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, at 12:23 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
>> Spin up those motors for the 2019 Christmas Eve teletype broadcast 
>> where we track Santa on his journey around the world. This will be fun 
>> for kids from one to 92.
>>
>> I wanted to send this out days ago but just haven't made it happen. 
>> Hopefully those who are interested see this message in time.
>>
>> Here are the technical details:
>>
>>   * Audio will be streaming from
>>     http://tty.nerdology.org:8000/livetty -- pipe this from a computer
>>     to your TU like you would with ITTY. Or if you're not set up for
>>     heavy metal, you can copy on a glass terminal program such as
>>     fldigi, Cocoa Modem, MMTTY, or a number of other software
>>     demodulators.
>>   * RTTY tones will be standard mark/space frequencies (2125 mark/2295
>>     space)
>>   * No video stream this time
>>
>>
>> Here is the series of events:
>>
>>   * *Starting at 3:00 PM MST on Monday, December 23 (tomorrow)*, a
>>     test message will be sent on the hour every hour for the next 12
>>     hours. Each test message will have the lyrics for a different
>>     Christmas song, too.
>>   * *At 3:00 AM MST on Christmas Eve*, *December 24*, tracking will
>>     begin in earnest as it is expected that the first sighting of
>>     Santa will occur shortly thereafter. The introductory broadcast
>>     will happen at 3:00 AM MST.
>>   * *As Santa is sighted around the world for the following ~24
>>     hours*, broadcasts will be sent out (on average every 10 - 20
>>     minutes for the most part).
>>   * *Santa usually finishes his work around 4:00 AM MST Christmas
>>     morning*, so it is expected that the broadcast will conclude
>>     shortly after that.
>>
>>
>> If you've got a machine somewhere where it's not going to keep your 
>> XYL awake all night, go ahead and capture the entire broadcast even 
>> during your nighttime hours as it's expected that there will be many 
>> fun and exciting stories shared by those who catch a glimpse of the 
>> Big Man while you're sleeping. If not, tune in whenever you can-- 
>> you'll be able to jump right in without missing a beat.
>>
>> Enjoy, and merry Christmas!
>>
>> -
>> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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>> SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
>>