[GreenKeys] Halloween Broadcast 2020

[Doug Alderdice]

I will add my thanks as well, along with a humble request.

My request is could there be a smidge more time at the start of a 
transmission so autostart circuits can come to life and settle down? 
The beginning of each Halloween transmission was garbled on my end 
because the text would start almost immediately and my HAL ST-5000 
autostart circuit needs a good 4-5 seconds to come to life and settle. 
It seems to work well on the ITTY Autostart feed, however they do the 
start-up of a transmission.

I noticed at the end of the Halloween transmissions there'd be a string 
on nulls before ending, maybe there could be a short string of nulls at 
the beginning?

Just some thoughts.  Thanks again for your efforts with these holiday 
broadcasts.  I am looking forward to the Santa Tracker again this year.

73,
Doug, KA2WFT


On 11/1/2020 9:49 AM, til128 at juno.com wrote:
> Thank you Jordan for the second annual Halloween broadcast. Lots of fun.
> Tom WB2TTY
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Jordan Spencer Cunningham" <js at teletype.net>
> To: GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Halloween Broadcast 2020
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:46:37 -0600
> 
> One last reminder for the festive broadcast of /I Am Legend/ tomorrow. 
> Details included in the quoted message below.
> One note for those leveraging USOS (unshift on space): I had intended to 
> configure the broadcast to be USOS-friendly, but this year it's 
> everything I can do to keep up with the demands of my "real" job, and I 
> just haven't had enough time to make the change and do ample testing. 
> Best not to make any changes mere hours before something goes live, so 
> I'm going to put that on hold, maybe get it fully fleshed out in time 
> for the Santa Tracker this Christmas. *So if you have USOS and are able 
> to disable it or use a different machine, consider doing so. *Still, it 
> shouldn't mess with too much of the broadcast if not-- dates/times would 
> get messed up, but I don't think much else would.
> -
> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> 
>     Hello friends,
>     Tune in on Saturday, October 31 for this year's Halloween broadcast:
>     a specially adapted-for-teletype reimagining of /I Am Legend. /Test
>     messages for calibration including Halloween songs and poems will be
>     sent every half hour starting at 12:00 PM MDT to give enough time
>     for anyone interested to jump onto the stream ahead of time. The
>     actual broadcast will begin at 4:00 PM MDT and run for 2 - 3 hours.
>     The stream will be accessible here:
>     http://tty.nerdology.org:8000/halloween Note you'll get a 404 at
>     this URL until shortly before the test messages begin on Saturday at
>     12:00 PM MDT.
>     There will be many instances of radio silence between messages, so
>     it's advised to leverage autostart if you have it equipped.
>     Hope to see you on the stream. Bring a wooden stake and some garlic,
>     just in case.
>     -
>     Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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