[GreenKeys] Santa Tracker 2025

Wed Dec 24 15:39:30 EST 2025

ALERT: we had a brief internet disruption here at TTBN headquarters, so the outgoing stream cut out a little over a half an hour ago but came back up quickly. Unfortunately that means everyone who was streaming got kicked off. You'll need to reconnect to the stream to ensure continued reports.

Apologies for the issue. First time in seven Christmases we've had a network issue during the broadcast. 

Happy tracking, and happy Christmas!

-
Jordan Spencer Cunningham
teletype.net | GreenKeys Search Engine: teletype.net/gksearch
SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, at 7:32 PM, Doug Alderdice via GreenKeys wrote:
> LOL, love it, Jordan ...  I've been known to assume that stance myself 
> as pictures are forming on the machine!
> 
> Thanks for once again providing this important service, I just started 
> up my own setup here to keep track of the big guy.
> 
> Doug KA2WFT
> 
> 
> On 12/23/2025 9:16 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> > My kids and the neighbor kids are enjoying the pix coming through and 
> > building up excitement for when the tracking begins. This is the moment 
> > they realized the art coming through was a train by looking at it sideways.
> > 
> > -
> > Jordan Spencer Cunningham
> > teletype.net <https://teletype.net> | GreenKeys Search Engine: 
> > teletype.net/gksearch <https://teletype.net/gksearch>
> > SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, at 2:31 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> >> The stream is now live! First test message to be sent in 30 minutes.
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas, 73,
> >>
> >> -
> >> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
> >> teletype.net <https://teletype.net> | GreenKeys Search Engine: 
> >> teletype.net/gksearch <https://teletype.net/gksearch>
> >> SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, at 11:02 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> >>> It's that time of year again for all good little boys and girls to 
> >>> follow Santa's journey around the globe through the peak of 
> >>> communications innovation: the teleprinter.
> >>>
> >>> For the uninitiated, this is an ITTY-like broadcast wherein reports 
> >>> of where Santa was sighted and the circumstances of that sighting are 
> >>> broadcast periodically. Our eyewitness reports provide a unique, 
> >>> intimate tracking experience particularly enjoyed by kids aged one to 92.
> >>>
> >>> Tune in whenever you can at http://tty.nerdology.org:8080/santatrack 
> >>> <http://tty.nerdology.org:8080/santatrack> using the same 
> >>> configuration as you would for standard ITTY 
> >>> <https://www.rtty.com/itty/index.htm> autostart. NOTE: this URL will 
> >>> result in a 404 error until 15 - 30 minutes before the first test 
> >>> message on December 23rd.
> >>>
> >>> The schedule will be as follows:
> >>>
> >>>   * *December 23, 3:00 PM MST *- A test message followed immediately
> >>>     by a Christmasy RTTY art (some pix will have overstrike) will be
> >>>     broadcast every hour on the hour for this and the following 11
> >>>     hours, which should give all global time zones some chance to
> >>>     tune in before tracking starts. Print one, print them all. My
> >>>     kids particularly enjoy coloring these on Christmas Eve.
> >>>   * *December 24, 3:00 AM MST *- Based on prior timetables, we expect
> >>>     Santa to begin his journey and the reports of sightings to start
> >>>     coming in around this time
> >>>   * We will track Santa for the following ~24 hours with these brief
> >>>     messages likely rolling in roughly every 10 - 20 minutes
> >>>     dependent upon how the sightings go this year. You may consider
> >>>     keeping a good ol' fashioned globe or atlas handy to follow along.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Not to get into the weeds, but while I have attempted supporting USOS 
> >>> (unshift on space) for the past few years, I am again unable to 
> >>> support it this year due to a bug I found in the implementation of 
> >>> USOS in the software I use to generate tones (fldigi) for which I 
> >>> can't compensate, and the fact that I have been wholly unable to 
> >>> devote any time to migrating to minimodem with having everything in 
> >>> storage all year while I work on finishing up the Teletype Barn. I 
> >>> still have to dig out some equipment just to track Santa this year.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, those who have USOS on receive enabled, if you can disable 
> >>> it, that's advisable, though if not, it should only be a minor 
> >>> inconvenience, manifesting mainly in timestamps not printing correctly.
> >>>
> >>> Merry Christmas, 73,
> >>>
> >>> -
> >>> Jordan Spencer Cunningham
> >>> teletype.net <https://teletype.net> | GreenKeys Search Engine: 
> >>> teletype.net/gksearch <https://teletype.net/gksearch>
> >>> SMS via teletype: 385-308-4898 | Email via teletype: tty at nerdology.org
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